priming sugar

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priming sugar

Post by beer today » Sat Feb 08, 2014 3:51 pm

I have some Belgian candy sugar, wondering if this would be good for priming an 8% porter, or mixing with brewing sugar?
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Re: priming sugar

Post by Rookie » Sat Feb 08, 2014 5:18 pm

beer today wrote:I have some Belgian candy sugar, wondering if this would be good for priming an 8% porter, or mixing with brewing sugar?
That would be expensive compared to brewing sugar, but it would work.
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Re: priming sugar

Post by beer today » Sat Feb 08, 2014 8:55 pm

I picked some up cheap, so have no problem adding it, just wondered on the taste impact and whether I would need to mix it.
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Re: priming sugar

Post by Rookie » Sun Feb 09, 2014 5:14 pm

In an 8% porter it would be hard to tell what was used for priming.
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Re: priming sugar

Post by 6470zzy » Sun Feb 09, 2014 8:07 pm

beer today wrote:I picked some up cheap, so have no problem adding it, just wondered on the taste impact and whether I would need to mix it.
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The small amount that you would be using to prime the beer would have not noticeable impact on the taste of the beer.

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