A couple of Sugar Questions

I have read a lot of the normal sugar vs brewing sugar questions, and I think I'm there with an answer but I wanted to just get it verified as I'm new to this.

I have a beer kit, with 3kg of malt. It says to then add an additional 1kg of brewing sugar to take the abv from 5.5% to 7%, this is optional.

My questions are:

  1. I'm happy with around the 6% mark, so can I just add 300g of sugar - is there a reason it is 1kg

  2. I don't have brewing sugar, I'm thinking that 1 part normal sugar to 3 parts malt won't matter? Particularly if I reduce it to 300g?

Thanks to anyone that can help.

Topic sugar fermentation homebrew

Category Mac

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  1. The only reason to add sugar to a beer is to increase ABV and/or "dry" the beer out a bit. You can add none, 300kg, or any reasonable amount.

  2. "Brewing sugar" is any sugar used when brewing. This could be raw sugar, refined white sugar, honey, dextrose, etc etc.

My opinion is that 300 grams is a good amount with your malt ratio. Anytime you get over half a kilo of refined sugars in a 30L batch you're going to get a more "boozy" flavor and lots more green apple.

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