Corn Sugar

[heinz57]

Where does everybody get there corn sugar? I don't know if it's as simple as going to the grocery store for most, but for whatever reason none of the grocery stores in my area here (Gaithersburg, Maryland) carry it. Am I going to have to go back to my LHBS for some? Thanks.
Nick

 

[FlyingHorse]

I get it at the LHBS. I don't use that much, so I've never really looked anywhere else.

 

[JustDave]

You don't grow your own corn and get the sugar that way?

But seriously though, I haven't been able to find a grocery store that carries it. Maybe a place like Whole Foods would carry it?

I get it at my LHBS or order it online. And the few kits I've ordered have had a small packet of sugar to use when bottling.

 

[brewt00l]

LHBS...

Course, you can always use table/cane sugar for priming bottles and making your own invert sugar.

 

[Evan!]

I needed some dextrose for apfelwein, and don't have a local HBS around here...so I called a couple health food stores around town (including Whole Paycheck), and nobody had it. Luckily a friend of mine just opened up an online HBS here, so I was able to get it from him. I wouldn't count on traditional stores carrying dextrose---you can get it from online HBS's or nutritional/bodybuilding supplement places.

 

[malkore]

yeah, its easier to find corn sugar (which is dextrose) online for less than $1 a pound.
sometimes a health food store has it, but not real often.

 

[_Edge]

cheapest place is usually the LHBS. And there you can get it in 5 lbs. unlike searching elsewhere.

 

[DraconianHand]

Nick,

Which HBS are you going to? The Flying Barrel or Maryland Homebrew?

FB is in Frederick, just north of you.
MDHB is in Columbia.

I have never been to FB, but I think that MDHB has better hours.