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Dextrose Brewing Sugar (Glucose) 1kg to 25kg
Dextrose is 100% fermentable brewing sugar. Yeast eats all of it and leaves nothing behind, so your beer, cider or spirit wash finishes clean with no cidery twang.
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Dextrose Brewing Sugar (Glucose) 1kg to 25kg
Sale price$6.95
The details
Dextrose is the brewing sugar. It is glucose made from corn, sold as a fine white powder, and it is what most home brewers reach for when a recipe says "sugar". Yeast ferments dextrose completely, so it adds alcohol without adding flavour. Cane sugar (sucrose) leaves a thin, cidery note behind in beer. Dextrose doesn't.
What it does in your brew
- Beer kits: the classic kit and kilo brew. It lifts the alcohol without thinning the flavour the way white sugar does.
- Spirit washes: the standard sugar for turbo yeast. Our Air Still Pro vodka wash uses 2.5 kg of dextrose in a 10 litre fermenter.
- Cider, ginger beer and lemonade: our hard ginger beer recipe uses 2 kg of dextrose in a 22 litre batch.
- Bottle priming: dissolves fast and carbonates evenly. Follow the priming dose on your recipe kit instructions for your batch size, and weigh it rather than guessing.
How much do you need?
Swap it kilo for kilo wherever a recipe calls for sugar. As a guide from our own recipes: 2 kg alongside a beer kit and 1.5 kg of malt extract for a full-strength ale, 2.5 kg for a 10 litre Air Still Pro wash, and 2 kg for a 22 litre ginger beer.
Which size?
- 1 kg: one beer kit or a batch of priming sugar.
- 2.5 kg: one Air Still Pro wash, or two to three beer kits.
- 5 kg: two Air Still Pro washes, or a few brews on the shelf.
- 25 kg: the bulk bag for regular distillers and brewers. Pickup only from our Melbourne store, it is too heavy to post.
Made from corn, no sucrose, no additives. Also works in the kitchen wherever you would use glucose powder.
Hamish's tip
If a recipe says "2 kilos of sugar", use 2 kilos of dextrose. That is the whole conversion. Dissolve it in warm water before it goes in the fermenter so it doesn't cake on the bottom, and if you are running a turbo wash, follow the sugar quantity on the yeast pack rather than guessing.
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Monday to Friday, 9-4pm AEST.We normally get back to you within a day—often sooner.
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What is the difference between dextrose and normal sugar for brewing?
Dextrose is glucose, a single sugar that yeast ferments completely. White sugar is sucrose, which yeast has to split first and which can leave a dry, cidery flavour in beer. Both give about the same alcohol kilo for kilo. Dextrose gives a cleaner result, which is why most brewing recipes specify it.
How much dextrose do I add to a home brew?
Use it kilo for kilo in place of the sugar a recipe calls for. From our own recipes: 2 kg with a beer kit and 1.5 kg of malt extract, 2.5 kg for a 10 litre Air Still Pro spirit wash, and 2 kg for a 22 litre ginger beer. For turbo yeast washes, follow the quantity printed on the yeast pack.
Can I use dextrose to carbonate my bottles?
Yes. Dextrose dissolves quickly and carbonates evenly, so it is a good priming sugar. Dissolve it in a little boiled water and add it to the bottling bucket, or use a priming scoop per bottle. Work out the dose for your batch size and style with the brewers calculators on our Learn page.
Customer support:
Monday to Friday, 9-4pm AEST.We normally get back to you within a day—often sooner.
Monday to Friday, 9-4pm AEST.We normally get back to you within a day—often sooner.