When I finally get round to starting my first homebrew which is a Youngs Harvest Bitter Kit, I intend to use malt extract rather than sugar. I know DME has a lower %fermentable than sugar and I'd rather not lose too much ABV. I've seen mention of using 1.1X and 1.2X the specified mass of sugar. What's the recommended ratio here?
It's for future reference really as I'll probably end up using 1kg medium DME + 500g (brown?) sugar as that's what I've got. I've also got 500g dark DME but I'm thinking that might be a little OTT for the kit.
TIA
Chris
It's for future reference really as I'll probably end up using 1kg medium DME + 500g (brown?) sugar as that's what I've got. I've also got 500g dark DME but I'm thinking that might be a little OTT for the kit.
TIA
Chris
