I am brewing my 1st batch of beer on Sat. A Big River Brown Ale from MW. I want to boost the alcohol, should I add Belgian candi sugar or DME or both.
Thanks NAZZ
Evan Burck wrote:my advice is to brew it as the recipe calls for. if everything goes well, do it again and tweak it. for some reason, many, many new brewers want to brew higher alcohol beers and "boost the alcohol" on everything. but doing such things brings on its own challenges, and things to compensate for. plus, if you don't have a completely successful brew, you're not going to waste all the extra ingredients if you just stick with the original.
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