Coopers british bitter

[cornishniler]

Hi everyone, forgive me for asking, but I am a complete novice at homebrewing. But I am attempting to have ago at the coopers british bitter. It says to add dry malt extract. My question is will brewing sugar work just as well?

 

[IvanTheTerribrew]

What do you mean by brewing sugar? Dextrose(corn sugar)? Sucrose(table sugar)?

 

[flars]

You can add the brewers sugar instead of DME. The brewers sugar will give you a lighter and drier beer because the sugar is 100% fermentable.
DME is often added, either a 50% proportion or in lieu of the sugar, to add flavor and body.

 

[cornishniler]

Thanks for the response guys, I'm going to be starting it later. Happy brewing

 

[flars]

Thanks for the response guys, I'm going to be starting it later. Happy brewing

Here is a site I found. Easy to navigate and helpful information.
http://www.cascadiabrew.com/about_homebrewing.asp

 

[cornishniler]

Here is a site I found. Easy to navigate and helpful information.

http://www.cascadiabrew.com/about_homebrewing.asp

Looks like a pretty cool and useful site. Will have a proper browse, thanks