corn syrup in primer

Bottling tomorrow night & don't have any corn sugar. I noticed that Karo was made from corn sugar. Is there any reason I can't substitute that for granulated sugar in the primer? It's corn sugar, just a different form.

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lucky4fingers
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Take a look at the ingredient list in fine print below the nutrition label. You will see that it lists high fructose corn syrup, salt, and vanilla. Having spent time as a professional baker, I know that salt will impede yeast activity. The vanilla may add flavors you don't want.

Ordinary granulated table sugar will work just fine for priming. Use the same amount as you would with corn sugar.

Wayne Bugeater Brewing Company

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Wayne

You could just use cane sugar at the same amount. You could also try DME, if you have any, I just can't remember the amount, (~ 1 1/4 cups for 5 gal if bottling I believe) but I have used it before a few times. I wouldn't use corn syrup. Cheers,

Reply to
DragonTail

Are you sure it's the same? Many corn syrups also contain other things like vanilla flavoring, etc. IOW, they're usually not just corn sugar in a different form.

Do you have any table sugar handy? It's equivalent to the same weight of corn sugar. Table sugar works fine for priming.

John.

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John 'Shaggy' Kolesar

I have used powdered cane sugar with some success. It did not seem to produce as much carbonation as corn so it might be a good idea to up the amount of powdered cane vs using corn.

Reply to
dlihcsnatas

If you measure by WEIGHT, it should be about the same. When measuring by VOLUME, cane (sucrose) and corn (dextrose/glucose) are slightly different. Also, when you say "powdered" it makes me think of "confectioner's" powdered sugar, which has other additives like cornstarch that would change the fermentability of it. That would be a reason "confectioner's/powdered" sugar wouldn't produce as much carbonation as corn (look up "confectioner's sugar" on wikipedia.com).

I just use plain granulated table sugar, measure by weight (4 to 5 ounces by weight per 5 gallons).

Derric

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Derric

Derric you would be correct. It was confectioners powdered sugar. You really did your homework on sugar I see. Did not know confectioners powdered sugar had anything other than sugar in it. Glad to know that now but hopefully I will not have to go that route again in the future.

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dlihcsnatas

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