How to make beer with EZ Caps

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Quick question...the procedure you outlined above does not include the addition of any sugar to the malt prior to fermentation. The instructions included with the canned malt (dark stout) I purchased calls for 2.2 lbs sugar to be mixed with the malt to make 23 litres of finished product. Do I need the sugar or not? And if "No", what would be the reason, since brewing of cider requires additional sugar to be added to an already sweet fruit juice.

Thanks...and great product!

The "missing" sugar is actually in the malted syrup. For example, the EZ Caps recipe uses 5 gallons worth of the malted syrup but only makes 4 gallons. As the term syrup would suggest, the primary ingredient in the malted syrup is malted grain sugar, however using malted syrup instead of table sugar actually makes a better tasting beer than using table sugar.

Since the can you are using calls for adding 2.2 pounds of sugar per 5 gallons, which is on the high end of what these types of things call for, you may want to add 1/2 cup of sugar to each 2 liter bottle to boost the alcohol content. Personally, I would never add table sugar to beer (I would add dried malt extract (DME) instead) because it detracts from the flavor, but that is a personal opinion.