berwick12
Well-Known Member
I usually only boil the sugar for about a minute or two. I got side tracked and it was on the boil for about 8-10ish minutes will that affect anything?
I boil the water in the microwave and add the dextrose immediately after taking it out. The solution stays above 160 degrees for long enough to kill any bugs that may be hiding in the sugar.
I boil the water in the microwave and add the dextrose immediately after taking it out. The solution stays above 160 degrees for long enough to kill any bugs that may be hiding in the sugar.
How do you prevent scorching it?
Does priming sugar measurably affect alcohol content?
Yes. 4oz dextrose will add about 0.4% abv to a 5 gallon batch.
Cheers, I take it you work this out from the points per pound per gallon thingy for dextrose and assume that the water you boil it in is negligible?
No, I plugged 4oz dextrose into a BeerAlchemy recipe.
I'm not counting the water.
Technically, sugar is a preservative. Now that may seem counterintuitive to those of us used to sugar in a solution(i.e. homebrewers), but have you ever eaten a chocolate chip cookie that went bad?
(sugar can be added last instead but you must stir with sanitized spoon to mix into beer)
- boil.
- take off heat.
- add sugar.
- stir till dissolved.
- add to bottling bucket.
- rack beer into sanitized bottling bucket
People have been making beer since there were pharaohs ruling the planet, and I'll bet they did an excellent job.
The Egyptians used beer as a medication for illness, and it worked because the contamination in their brews produced a weak antibiotic.
Inbetween steps 4 & 5, how long do you let the solution cool before you add it to the bucket?
The Egyptians used beer as a medication for illness, and it worked because the contamination in their brews produced a weak antibiotic.
I use beer a a medication as well. My condition, you ask??? Being the only man working on an OB/GYN hospital ward with 45 other women.
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