Basics of Home Brewing: What is priming sugar / corn sugar / dextrose?

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Priming sugar and corn sugar are the same thing—dextrose! Dextrose, sometimes known as glucose, is a very simple sugar derived from cornstarch and is very similar in consistency to powdered sugar. Though, being made from corn rather than cane sugar, there is little to no flavor added when using dextrose in brewing recipes. Dextrose is mostly used as priming sugar to provide in-bottle carbonation. However, some pre-hopped can beer kits call for the addition of dextrose as an additional fermentable sugar to boost alcohol content. When using dextrose for this purpose, very little flavor is added to the brew giving a much lighter body than if using a malt extract. In this instance, the dextrose is considered an adjunct.