sugar

[toddw15]

just wondering if using different types of sugars changes the taste of your beer? what type of sugar do you grizzled veteran brewers use. im on my second batch n i just used normal white sugar.
i was told 1 tsp per grolsh bottle n 2 for my 1 litres. snd about right?


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[BWE]

I'm assuming your talking about for bottling. I use corn sugar because it's not supposed to produce much of a flavor difference.

 

[toddw15]

yes bottling.



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[flars]

There is no difference unless it is flavored.

 

[boydster]

Use corn or cane sugar, they both work just fine and you won't taste a difference. I supposed if you use molasses or honey or maple syrup as your sugar source, you'll get a little bit of a flavor contribution... but I just use regular ol' corn sugar a lot of the time, and cane sugar when I don't have any corn sugar on hand.

Handy priming calc that helps you figure out how much to use, and includes several different types of sugar: http://www.northernbrewer.com/priming-sugar-calculator/

 

[Weizer]

The sugar you are adding will mostly get consumed by the yeast to carbonate your beer. I've bottled many batches with brown sugar, and noticed zero difference in those that I bottled with table sugar or corn sugar. I haven't bottled with honey or maple syrup though, you might get some residual flavor from those.