quick question with brown sugar.

[danmaddux]

Trying something but wife is at the store and I need to let her know how much to tell her to get.
How many lbs of brown sugar is = to 8lbs of dme? Anyone know off the top of their head?

 

[duboman]

Trying something but wife is at the store and I need to let her know how much to tell her to get.
How many lbs of brown sugar is = to 8lbs of dme? Anyone know off the top of their head?

DME will yield approx 40 gravity points, brown sugar about 46 so about 95% sugar to dme

 

[aiptasia]

Umm zero?

Brown sugar and DME are completely different animals. Don't cut corners on the DME. DME is a combination of base malt and roasted malts that have been previously brewed then spray dried into a powder for your brewing pleasure. Depending on the type of DME, there are all sorts of roasty, malty flavors going on in it that Brown Sugar isn't even remotely close to providing. Brown sugar is simply white sugar that's been cooked a little to produce malliard reactions and pre-caramelization flavors. If you try to use brown sugar as a base malt, you're going to wind up with a dry alcoholic failure.

Tell your wife to go to the LHBS and pick up some Amber DME.

 

[danmaddux]

Thats what I am looking for. Dry alcohol with little to no taste but want a finished product of about 5% abv. Color isnt a concern.

 

[BigFloyd]

Thats what I am looking for. Dry alcohol with little to no taste but want a finished product of about 5% abv. Color isnt a concern.

I'd hate to ask what you want that for.

Drinking it certainly wouldn't be on my list.

 

[danmaddux]

Well. Its only part one of the experiment. I want to get a bland or no taste brew then try something with lemon and orange added on brew day during the boil.
I am horrible with instructions and really like throwing caution to the wind. So eventually I want something closer to a tart beverage with 5% abv.

 

[sfrisby]

Hey, that's half the fun of brewing. Being a mad scientist. Good luck!

 

[Bamsdealer]

Try a cider. Apple juice and wine yeast will get you tart. I'd you want little flavor go with a light sugar or syrup. .. brown sugar will give you a big molasses kick I'm sure.

 

[woozy]

My understanding, prejudicial though it is, is that fermented sugar water is basically "hootch" and "prison wine" and basically pretty nasty stuff and not really "bland" at all. If it were me doing the experiment I'd just start with flavored liquid and assume the fermented sugar water is already a know variable.

Then this Joe Ancient Orange Mead is supposed to be pretty dang good.

Good luck.