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"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message ... snip Best of luck with the beer. Oh, a word of warning: if you are going to use any sugar in the brew, check on one of the proprietory beer kits how much they recommend. ON NO ACCOUNT exceed this as a ratio to the malt they use, as too great a proportion of sugar in a malt brew will lead to severe headaches and can kill you. snip Are you sure about this? Given that sugar is turned to alchohol by the yeast, which won't ferment above a certain concentration of alchohol, all you risk AFAIK is that not all the sugars released by mashing are turned to alchohol. This will tend to give you a sweet beer, but not AFAIK a deadly brew. What is this fatal product of which you speak? ISTR in my student days beefing up malt extract beers with additional sugar, and never killed anyone. A slightly puzzled Dave R |
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