corn sugar conversion

According to:



1 cup of corn syrup = 11.5 ounces There are 28.35g per ounce roughly. 11.5 * 28.35 = 326.025 So corn syrup weighs about 326.025g cup Therefore 1KG = 3.1 cups of corn syrup...

I think thats about right. I cut the decimal places to 2 points each stage!

HTH, Jim

You've had no luck because there is no answer. Let's say you scoop sugar into a one-cup container. Is that a cup of sugar? Now tap the container on the counter and watch the level of sugar go down as the granules compact. Is that still one cup of sugar? And so on.

Wow thanks for the quick responce, I'm about to try my luck at a beer kit instead of vino today.

Yea, I'm just trying to get in the ball-park and then I'll double check it with S.G.

I thought you were referring to corn syrup when you asked, is corn sugar dried and granulated?

Sorry if my reply was eroneous...

Actually it's powdered sugar.

So it's looking more like 7 or 8 cups lol.

Phew, hoorah for mike knowing what you meant better than I did ;)

I'm about to try my luck at a beer kit

What would you use a Kg of corn sugar for in making beer? Corn sugar in home brewing is mostly used for carbonation after bottling. For a 5 gal. batch of beer, 4 oz is typically used.

It was the draught kit

its a concentrate from a can so you have to add a lot more sugar.

OK, I would suggest you use the dried malt extract instead of corn sugar with the canned extract. You will get a maltier beer that will be OK. Check out rec.crafts.brewing

Well I usually go with a higher quality kit that comes in a box and all you have to add is water but I saw this in the store for 11 bucks and I couldn't resist lol. We'll see how it turns out. I had a quick taste pre-yeast and it tasted like it would be fairly flavourful.

You got good advice on not using sugar, I don't think you are going to like that. You could make less as an option too. In my experience

3/4 cup corn sugar weighs about 5 ounces. I make beer too and we never use sugar in primary but we like heavier beer. It's my understanding using too much sugar can lead to cidery tastes.

Joe

Joe Sallustio wrote: It's my

The consensus at rec.crafts.brewing has been that sugar doesn't really add cidery tastes, but adding it to the fermenter just increases alcohol content without adding any beneficial flavor profile. It makes for a drier beer.

Well then that is what I would go with, they have never steered me wrong. I was a little surprised at how good a beer made at home could taste. I'm probably making a stout and porter this weekend; I'm almost out of beer...

Joe

Joe Sallustio wrote: I was a little surprised at how good a beer made at home could

Not only that, you can make better beer than you can buy, and you can make it to your taste. Don't allow yourself to get out of homebrew! Cheers. :-)