Best way to add spray malt to my brew before bottling
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IainM
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Don't. Use sugar instead. If you have to though, stir it into cold water, bring to boil, cool and then add to the bottling bucket.
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I agree with @IainM - DON'T! It's going to add nothing to your beer, so use table sugar.
I agree with @IainM - DON'T! It's going to add nothing to your beer, so use table sugar.
IainM
Landlord.
Yup, perfect, and won't make a sticky mess.
Yes, brewing sugar (alias dextrose) is fine. And so is table sugar. That's what I and many others use, cos its cheap but predictable. :thumb:
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I will be using brewers sugar in my bottles for the 1st time this weekend, is it still half a tsp(ale) as with granulated sugar? only ever used granulated before
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The priming calculator Beer Priming Calculator - Brewer's Friend says you need about 110g of dextrose to every 100g table sugar. If you batch prime that's easily taken care of but for part tsp's it's the same unless you have mini scales. Personally I'd stick to table sugar, the carbonation effect is exactly the same.
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Boil a little water in a clean pan and add sugar, stirring until it's dissolved. Cool to the temperature of the beer and pour into the bottom of the bottling bucket. Rack the beer on top of the sugar solution.
Boil a little water in a clean pan and add sugar, stirring until it's dissolved. Cool to the temperature of the beer and pour into the bottom of the bottling bucket. Rack the beer on top of the sugar solution.
I find It's best to dissolve in a little boiling water then gently stir to ensure even distribution. Some boil for 15 mins to make sure it's sanitary but I've never bothered. Some don't stir but I've had inconsistent carbonation whenever I've not stirred.
Different kits use different yeasts. Some floc and settle better than others.
Quite a number of posts on here recently about leaving your brew a longer than 'normal' to allow the yeast to settle in the FV rather than get carried forward at packaging time, helped by racking off (although some don't do this) and recent cold weather which helps if you don't have a brew fridge. Clearer beer just means you may have to allow it to carb up for longer.
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