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    has anyone attempted to quantify the effect of different types of sugars used in wine and beer making?

    i guess the popular ones are:
    1) refined white sugar (sucrose)
    2) refined brown sugar (sucrose/molasses)
    3) brewers sugar/corn syrup (glucose/dextrose)
    4) honey (monosaccharides fructose and glucose)

    i also have access to cheap palm sugar which is made up of sucrose (70-79%) glucose (3-9%) and fructose (3-9%) and a lot of interesting trace elements. see http://www.bigtreefarms.com/coconutsugar/

    i'm wondering what effect each of these types of sugar would have in wine making?

    thanks, steve

    P.S. i just found this very interesting link at http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/invert.html

    INVERT SUGAR

    For 1 pound invert sugar:

    * 2 cups finely granulated sugar
    * 1 cup water
    * 2 tsp lemon juice

    Invert sugar is made by mixing two parts sugar to one part water, adding two teaspoons lemon juice per pound of sugar. This is brought almost to a boil and held there for 30 minutes (do NOT allow to boil). This is poured into a sealable jar, sealed and cooled in refrigerator. This process hydrolizes sucrose into glucose and fructose and speeds fermentation. Invert sugar should NOT be used to sweeten finished wine as it will encourage refermentation.

    For larger amounts of invert sugar:

    Expand the recipe above to make the amount required by a particular recipe. For example, to make 2-1/2 pounds of invert sugar, use 5 cups sugar, 2-1/2 cups water and 5 tsp lemon juice. Make the invert sugar at least 2 hours ahead of time (to give it sufficient time to cool).

    also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_sugar_syrup
    Last edited by fullmoonwinery; 21-11-2009, 11:38 AM.
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