Sylvia Liney wrote: Olivia, I disagree. I checked on the Professional Whey site, and 5kg to Australia was going to cost me $37. odd. That worked out to be $7.40 per kilo. I bought mine at Big W Rockdale NSW for $2.98 a kilo

Well, I bought 5kg from professionalwhey for about $25 incl. postage, which was cheaper by weight than Glucodin at the supermarket.  Haven't found anything in the brewing section.

Are glucose and dextrose not different names for the same thing??

Em M wrote:

Hi everyone

I too am a bit confused about the Brewers Sugar.  I got one and on the label is Dextrose, Maltodextrin.  Is the right one?

Anyone out there know?

Thanks

Eugenie

Hi Eugenie, I did the same thing! Then I read in the Quit guide book that this is not the right thing- see p. 192.  So, you (and I) need to keep looking for actual dextrose- I'm heading to Big W this afternoon to try and source some.

If you look in the Yellow Pages for brewing supplies and such shops, you will be able to buy brewing sugar easily for about $5 per kilogram. Some shops sell it as brewing sugar, in others they will sell plastic bags full of dextrose. While in the brew shop, look for malt extract. It is a great substitute for honey and is wonderful on toast, fresh hot bread and, with a teaspoon of cocoa powder in hot milk, makes a great alternative hot chocolate drink which is totally fructose free. Also, if you heat a little malt extract in a small amount of milk in the microwave, then pour it into icy milk and hit it with the slender blender, you will have a great malted milk...with or without the cocoa powder.

David F

Hi Silver Angel, Yes I finally managed to remember to ask my brother (one of the business managers at Big W).  Big W is currently changing the position of the home brew stuff but they are discontinuing one of the brands (he thought it was the Brigalow brand but he couldn't remember).

It is sometimes hard to locate. We generally get our Dextrose from a Brewing specialist shop at just a few dollars a kilo but is about 15 minutes drive away. We were low on Saturday and had a bit of cooking to do so dashed into the local Health Food store. They wanted $31.00 for a 1 kilo bag - suffice it to say I drove to the Brewing shop! Have never seen it in our local Woolworths or Big W.