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Basics of Home Brewing: What is a racking cane / tube?

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Home Beer Brewing Equipment

A racking cane / tube is a hard plastic, glass, or stainless steel L shaped tube that eases the racking, or transferring, of your beer from one container to another in conjunction with a siphon tube. Racking canes often have … Continue reading →

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is it possible to homebrew using regular cane sugar as priming sugar for fermentation?

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Home Beer Brewing Equipment

Hi, im trying to make beer at home but can not find dextrose (corn sugar) to use as priming sugar for fermentation. I know that methods vary, and some just do it with the natural sugars from the barley malt, … Continue reading →

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When home brewing beer, why do you have to use corn sugar instead of cane sugar? What happens ifyou use cane?

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Home Beer Brewing Equipment

Everywhere I read it strongly recommeneds that you dont cane sugar, but use corn sugar instead but never really explains why, why cant you use cane sugar and how significant is the change in flavor or other consequences if you … Continue reading →

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