Home brewers sugar/yeast?

Glaucus · 20 Aug 2010 at 15:14

Hey fellow home-brewers need some opinions on what sugar and yeast to use. It's to make old fashioned root beer, looking for a nice clean taste and wondering if you could suggest anywhere, or know any brewing shops that sale a huge range of sugars and/or yeast.

lord filbuster · 20 Aug 2010 at 15:24

Dextrose or Glucose is what you want. I'd expect almost any yeast to be fine to be honest, the safeale range are quite neutral, and clear easily. Try hopandgrape.co.uk, or thehomebrewshop.co.uk, they both have a massive range of yeasts, and the homebrew shop sells a good range of sugars. Just don't use malto dextrin, it isn't fermentable, and never use cane sugar, it will end up tasting really rough.

EDIT: Were you the guy who was after some sassafras leaves the other day? Any connnection?

The_blue · 20 Aug 2010 at 15:47

AcidHell2 said:
It's to make old fashioned root beer

Better be making a 'Making Ginger beer with AH2' thread

Was only thinking about doing this yesterday.

Got 40 pints of porters brewing at the mo

Glaucus · 20 Aug 2010 at 15:54

I will indeed make a thread probably in a week or two. One of the ingredients is coming from america. Inserts it all today, just need to decide on yeast, thanks for website bewildering list on there.