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17 years 1 month ago #37

TheBeerNut
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&quot;morebeerplease&quot;:x4jsq25v wrote: Can i use dried malt extract instead of the suger as advised below?[/quote:x4jsq25v]
Possibly -- though it won't dissolve as easily. As the article says, it's big quantities of sugar that are the problem, not sugar per se.

Your priming solution won't have as big an effect on flavour as the main fermentables, so even if it does work you're not going to get much value from the extra expense.

Thanks BN 17 years 1 month ago #38

morebeerplease Offline Posts: 18	i'll go exactly as article said then ta. One last thing (all excire & delire on this right now), can you recommend a good brown ale brew with this starter kit, something that attempts toward one of the holy grails a beer in my opinion i.e ESB

17 years 1 month ago #39

sbillings Offline Posts: 3582	Hi morebeerplease and welcome. You can use DME if you want, but it actually contributes slightly less fermentable extract than sugar, so you would have to add a bit more to get the same carbonation. Having said that, I would advise you to use plain white sugar. This is what I always use and I stand by my results.

brown or white 17 years 1 month ago #40

morebeerplease Offline Posts: 18	thank you sbillings. I intended to use unrefined brown cane sugar.. do you think other than maybe a healtier option it would make a blind bit a difference?

brown or white 17 years 1 month ago #41

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&quot;morebeerplease&quot;:1xv3ybsh wrote: I intended to use unrefined brown cane sugar.. do you think other than maybe a healtier option it would make a blind bit a difference?[/quote:1xv3ybsh]

Welcome aboard morebeerplease

Not a priming rate, no and why is brown sugar any healthier its just usually white sugar with a little molasses and some glycerol. If you want to use darker sugar use something like Muscovado, or Demerara sugar.

But something like treacle probable would

17 years 1 month ago #42

ajmurphy Offline Posts: 27	Hey everybody. my name is alec. I felt it was time for me to register here because i visit the site so often. im new to this and have started by doing a couple of kits. will hopefully advance from there.

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