That's weird.. or is it?

[chairmanmaw]

Hello all,

I started a coopers canadian blonde earlier on today. I followed the instructions and added the wort to the FV, then added the brew enhancer (and a few hundred grams of brew sugar) and 2 litres of boiling (filtered) water. I stirred the mix and noticed that some of the sugar had caramalised in the mix. I continuted to stir it and a few peices broke up. There are a few clumps left in it, however.

Ive since added the yeast etc. Will the caramalised sugars be consumed by the yeast?

[Luther]

There's been a thread about clumping (I think that's the technical term!) fairly recently - have a search and it should crop up.

I've had spraymalt clump on me, as have others - I guess the same can happen with beer enhancer? I think Chris posted up the answer, which seems to be mix your spraymalt/beer enhancer with cool water and then warm it up, rather than stick it into hot water.

That said, when I had my clumping crisis, ten minutes of paddle action sorted it out.