Priming Sugar

[zachary_dc]

This is probably a dumb question, and i assume it to be true, but can any corn sugar be used for priming or is there a specific type that works best? Thanks for the help!

 

[blacklab]

Your best bet is the powdered dextrose from the hombrew shop; mostly because you know what volume to add to achieve the carb levels you want. Ex- 1 cup is typical carbonation, 3/4 for english, etc. If you use another type of sugar you'll most likely be winging it and may end up with flat beer, or bottle bombs.

 

[FatMonsters]

You can carbonate with other sugars. May change beer flavor a little. If you search around here or on google you can probably find priming amounts of different sugars.

 

[Kayos]

Use this from now on for honey, DME, corn sugar or cane sugar.

 

[Tommish]

Use this from now on for honey, DME, corn sugar or cane sugar.

Cool page, but how do you decide on your desired volumes of CO2?

Oops, I see it now... next to the style choice. My bad. https://www.homebrewtalk.com//images/icons/icon11.gif
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