Spray malt
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Yes using spray malt makes a difference. The beers you buy aren't 50% sugar, adding large amounts of sugar to homebrew is simply a cost cutting exercise. Spray malt is just dried beer that you rehydrate by mixing with water. A mild should have a better body and more flavour if you use spray malt instead of sugar.
What @clibit said, using spray malt, liquid malt extract or even beer kit enhancer (50% medium sme, 50% dextrose I believe) makes a very big difference. I think, and I could be wrong, you'll get a slightly lower ABV if you use SME over sugar (assuming the same quantities of course) as it contains less fermentable sugars than sugar but it's worth it for the improvement in the beer.
Yes that correct - Table sugar and dextrose (which is maize sugar) ferment to almost 100%. Malt extract ferments about 70-75% as a rule of
Its the non fermentables in the malt extract that give the beer "body" and some sweetness.Similar threads
