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Offline fredthecat

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can you add packaged candi syrup directly to fermentation?
« on: March 12, 2020, 02:36:09 pm »
can i add this directly to the fermentation after its been going for a few days?



or should i boil it first in some water?

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Re: can you add packaged candi syrup directly to fermentation?
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2020, 02:57:52 pm »
Sure, add directly. No problem.  It's not my preferred method, but I've done it without issue.
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Re: can you add packaged candi syrup directly to fermentation?
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2020, 03:10:47 pm »
Thanks denny. I'll take a look and see when i get it, sometimes LHBS repackage stuff after buying in bulk.

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Re: can you add packaged candi syrup directly to fermentation?
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2020, 04:03:42 pm »
I also have added straight to the FV. Zero perceptible issues. I love candi syrups in certain recipes of mine! Will be doing a Belgian Blonde next weekend with some.

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Re: can you add packaged candi syrup directly to fermentation?
« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2020, 05:00:24 pm »
Yes during active fermentation like day three


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Re: can you add packaged candi syrup directly to fermentation?
« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2020, 05:34:14 pm »
Pardon my asking, but why would you want to dump sugar/candy in beer? No, it's not something we would do as we strictly adhere to the German Purity Law. Guess we are old fashioned!

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Re: can you add packaged candi syrup directly to fermentation?
« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2020, 05:53:41 pm »
Adding a few days into fermentation can help kick start the yeast if it's struggling to ferment a high gravity beer
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Re: can you add packaged candi syrup directly to fermentation?
« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2020, 05:58:34 pm »
If it is a Belgian, that makes entirely good sense.  I like to add at high krausen to give the yeast the simple sugars after most fermentation is complete.  Maybe I am incorrect in that thinking, but I have had good results adding at high krausen (I also add honey or table sugar additions at that point, FWIW).
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Re: can you add packaged candi syrup directly to fermentation?
« Reply #10 on: April 23, 2020, 07:50:45 am »
Pardon my asking, but why would you want to dump sugar/candy in beer? No, it's not something we would do as we strictly adhere to the German Purity Law. Guess we are old fashioned!

Because some of the greatest beers in the world are made with it.  There's a large world of beer outside of Germany.  To me, the question is why wouldn't you use it in some styles?
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Re: can you add packaged candi syrup directly to fermentation?
« Reply #11 on: April 23, 2020, 09:13:09 am »
Pardon my asking, but why would you want to dump sugar/candy in beer? No, it's not something we would do as we strictly adhere to the German Purity Law. Guess we are old fashioned!

The Belgian and the British didn't have the constraints of the RHG. They make some lovely beers using sugar. The Belgian have the Candi sugar, from Beets IIRC, they grow sugar beets. The British use invert sugars from Cane sugar, as they had colonies in the Caribbean that still grow sugar cane.

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Re: can you add packaged candi syrup directly to fermentation?
« Reply #12 on: April 23, 2020, 09:56:32 am »
Pardon my asking, but why would you want to dump sugar/candy in beer? No, it's not something we would do as we strictly adhere to the German Purity Law. Guess we are old fashioned!

it's funny to think of Belgian Trappist brewers as not being "old fashioned"  ;D

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Re: can you add packaged candi syrup directly to fermentation?
« Reply #13 on: April 23, 2020, 10:42:37 am »
Pardon my asking, but why would you want to dump sugar/candy in beer? No, it's not something we would do as we strictly adhere to the German Purity Law. Guess we are old fashioned!

it's funny to think of Belgian Trappist brewers as not being "old fashioned"  ;D

Right? We had a lengthy discussion about this on our last "World Beer Meeting" Zoom chat last week. Most, if not all, of the Trappist breweries are operating pretty modern, sophisticated brewhouses. There really is nothing old fashioned about that they do.

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Re: can you add packaged candi syrup directly to fermentation?
« Reply #14 on: April 23, 2020, 10:50:59 am »
Pardon my asking, but why would you want to dump sugar/candy in beer? No, it's not something we would do as we strictly adhere to the German Purity Law. Guess we are old fashioned!

it's funny to think of Belgian Trappist brewers as not being "old fashioned"  ;D

Right? We had a lengthy discussion about this on our last "World Beer Meeting" Zoom chat last week. Most, if not all, of the Trappist breweries are operating pretty modern, sophisticated brewhouses. There really is nothing old fashioned about that they do.

The ones that maintain their own yeast have sophisticated labs.
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