Mixed sugars

[thesmasheddemijohn]

Ive made a youngs bitter brew and added 400 g white sugar (all i had) and 600 g of soft brown pudding sugar , along with 15 g of goldings hops do you think ive made a mess of this brew . When i checked the hydrometer it say 1040 ??

[stevezx7r]

Sounds fine to me, you'll end up around the 4%abv mark depending on the final gravity.

[brewmasterflex]

I made a simular Brew last year, I used youngs Bitter kit , But I have to be honest I got them cheap from the Local Homebrew shop that was closing down and They were out of dat by 6 months, But I have got to be honest , although I am a NOOB to the Homebrew Scene, I put some Fuggles pellets in mine and Also 100% Brown Sugar, had readings of about 1050 but the taste was awesome, I have since tried to replicate the same, But it isnt as Good, Perhaps because the syrup was Out of date, Who knows.

[thesmasheddemijohn]

MMMM sounds nice i'm trying the same as above but with 400g w and 600g b sugar in the mix and its still fermenting for another 4 days

[brewmasterflex]

That should turn out alright my Son, you have learn well. Have you considered putting it into your secondary before finnings and then leaving it for 2 days before final

[Reg]

You'll get much better results using spray malt though.

Absolutely, although I'd be interested to hear what taste notes the pudding sugar adds to the brew.

[stevezx7r]

You'll get much better results using spray malt though.

Absolutely, although I'd be interested to hear what taste notes the pudding sugar adds to the brew.

It should be nice, I've used sbs when I didn't have any spray malt and the results were....interesting Quite a bit of residual sweetness, iirc.