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I have here a Bulldog Brews Premium IPA kit 1.75kg that is supposed to produce 23 Litres of 5.5% beer. Reading the instructions it says to add 1.5kg of sugar, which seems excessive to me. My first thought was to instead add a combination of malt extract and sugar, but now I'm thinking that this might drown out the hops a bit and perhaps just adding less water would be better to maximise the IPA character. Using what I have available (i.e. no extra hops on hand to add) which option gets your vote?
1) Make 23 Litres using 1.2kg of Mangrove Jacks Pure Malt Enhancer and 0.5kg of brewing sugar; or
2) Make 20 Litres using 1kg of brewing sugar.
The second option does work out cheaper per litre/pint.
1) Make 23 Litres using 1.2kg of Mangrove Jacks Pure Malt Enhancer and 0.5kg of brewing sugar; or
2) Make 20 Litres using 1kg of brewing sugar.
The second option does work out cheaper per litre/pint.