Enhancers Vs brewing sugar Vs can sugar
Enhancers Vs brewing sugar Vs can sugar
Dose anyone know the different results you would get compering all 3 since the price makes a big difference
What do the big brewers use?
Brew suger/ glucose is £2.60/kg and cane sugar is 65p/kg so is the quality of beer any different?
Thanks
What do the big brewers use?
Brew suger/ glucose is £2.60/kg and cane sugar is 65p/kg so is the quality of beer any different?
Thanks
Re: Enhancers Vs brewing sugar Vs can sugar
Big brewers I understand use a mixture of different sugars.
I use cane based household granulated (when required) for the reason you mention.
I do NOT use beet based household granulated sugar if I can help it. I do believe it leaves an earthy aftertaste.
I use cane based household granulated (when required) for the reason you mention.
I do NOT use beet based household granulated sugar if I can help it. I do believe it leaves an earthy aftertaste.
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What beer do you want to use the sugar in?
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I'm assuming you are talking about adding a kilo of sugar to a one can kit? If so, that's going to result in a rather thin tasting beer imo. I don't think there is going to be a huge difference between brewing sugar and cane sugar in that regard. Better off replacing at least some of the sugar you need to add with dried malt extract (DME). It's more expensive but will result in a tastier beer.
Brewers would not use anywhere near that quantity of sugar (if any at all). They might use a range of different invert sugars or varying degrees of darkness depending upon the effects they want to get.
Brewers would not use anywhere near that quantity of sugar (if any at all). They might use a range of different invert sugars or varying degrees of darkness depending upon the effects they want to get.
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Re: Enhancers Vs brewing sugar Vs can sugar
Or perhaps use two cans?!
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Yes it was the add a kilo of suger to the tin thing
So what about the likes of Carling and John Smith's?
So what about the likes of Carling and John Smith's?
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Is there anything to like about Carling and John Smiths
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Re: Enhancers Vs brewing sugar Vs can sugar
A lot of macro beers are brewed to 8-9% and then liquored back using water with no oxygen in. Even these beers don’t use huge amounts of sugar, although I am sure helps that they get more than 100% mash efficiency from their mash process.Jim2 wrote:Yes it was the add a kilo of suger to the tin thing
So what about the likes of Carling and John Smith's?
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Something that I wondered too when I first read that it was possible!
If you take a look at this discussion here it talks about a “congress mash “, basically a test that is used to calculate what the potential extract of a malt is; the macro producers use equipment that rings every last bit of sugar out of the malt that they can and so can “beat” the results of that standard test.
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They do it with things like orange juice as well as it save transport costsf00b4r wrote: ↑Sat Jul 23, 2022 2:31 pmA lot of macro beers are brewed to 8-9% and then liquored back using water with no oxygen in. Even these beers don’t use huge amounts of sugar, although I am sure helps that they get more than 100% mash efficiency from their mash process.Jim2 wrote:Yes it was the add a kilo of suger to the tin thing
So what about the likes of Carling and John Smith's?
So brewing stronger gives a more efficient mashtung right?
But again they are not using any added suger?
Enhancers Vs brewing sugar Vs can sugar
It can makes thing cheaper if they are transporting the beer before before packaging (or receiving it in the UK from abroad or another site for packaging).
They save on mash tun and fermenter/bright tank space and costs. It isn’t increasing efficiency by assuming for a higher gravity, the efficiency is driven by the “mills” that they use etc.
Some beers are using sugar in their recipes but the homebrew one can kits are using a very high ratio, hence why they can appear thin and people often use DME instead.
They save on mash tun and fermenter/bright tank space and costs. It isn’t increasing efficiency by assuming for a higher gravity, the efficiency is driven by the “mills” that they use etc.
Some beers are using sugar in their recipes but the homebrew one can kits are using a very high ratio, hence why they can appear thin and people often use DME instead.