Don't suppose anyone has a bag of Coopers brew enhancer no.2 at home that they could give me a rough idea of how much maltodextrin is in it by any chance? Or have you ever added maltodextrin to a brew? If so how much? I'll be doing a Coopers international pale ale.
The brew enhancer is 25% maltodextrin, 25% light DME and 50% dextrose.
http://www.beoir.org/community/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=8941&p=98570&hilit=The+brew+enhancer+is#p98564
I'd scrap the brew enhancer and the maltodextrin and go with 1kg light DME (or 1.5kg LME) and 250G carapils steep, if you want a bit more alcohol add another 250g dextrose.
More on brew ehhancers and sugars can be found http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/forum/index.php/topic,681.0.html (http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/forum/index.php/topic,681.0.html)
Is it possible to buy actual corn syrup anwhere here ?
Thanks for the reply's lads, I was going to go with a can of LME and since I have a tub of maltodextrin here at home (from when I used to go to the gym :) ) I was going to use that when I seen it was an ingredient in the brew enhancer. So 250g of maltodextrin seems about right then?! And just to clarify, the brew enhancer goes into the primary FV? So I would add the matltodextrin to the primary?
Sorry mods just realised this is in extract brewing.
It's relevant in either section :)