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Questions, yes. What is "better carbonation"? Will my burps be any different if I use one sugar over another? I've used both corn sugar and table sugar to carb my beer and haven't noticed any difference. As a matter of fact, you use less table sugar by weight than corn sugar, so maybe that is better. Anyway table sugar is cheaper and more readily available so I use that. My next batch will be an oatmeal stout and I am going to carb that with dark brown sugar. The yeast will eat what you give them. I wouldn't use malt extract unless I had to because I have heard that you will get a krauzen ring in the bottle. But it will carb the beer just fine.
Questions, yes. What is "better carbonation"? Will my burps be any different if I use one sugar over another? I've used both corn sugar and table sugar to carb my beer and haven't noticed any difference. As a matter of fact, you use less table sugar by weight than corn sugar, so maybe that is better. Anyway table sugar is cheaper and more readily available so I use that. My next batch will be an oatmeal stout and I am going to carb that with dark brown sugar. The yeast will eat what you give them.
I wouldn't use malt extract unless I had to because I have heard that you will get a krauzen ring in the bottle. But it will carb the beer just fine.
My comment was mostly in jest, not really intended to start a serious debate about corn vs table sugar for carbonation. Although I would agree you can use many different sugars to carb your beer, some may impart a slightly different flavor, head, or clarity on the final product. For example, your choice to use dark brown sugar for outmeal stout was most likely not based on a roll of the dice that day.
Prince of Fatness
Yeah, I was mostly just having some fun with you. And you are correct, there is a reason that I will use the brown sugar (which of course is table sugar with some molasses added). It's to add a little molasses flavor to the beer, which I think will work well in an oatmeal stout.
Not at it at all.