HoppyDaze
Well-Known Member
Im going to make some of this famous Apfelwein but I dont have a kitchen scale. anyone know how many cups in a pound?
thanks!
thanks!
In most circumstances the conventional wisdom is 2 cups = 1 pound but obviously this is not always the case. Volumes to weights is not an easy conversion. I generally adopt a 2 to 2.4 cup rule per pound of corn sugar. A little under only weakens the ABV so it's not bad to be off.
Yes you could get a lower weight based on room temp.
If you're making Apfelwein, I don't think a little extra dextrose is going to hurt it. I would just throw in the 4 cups and call it a day.
Cheers.
I know, I know....I just got ahead of myself a little bit. It was my first "all grain" batch! Since I decided to get back into brewing (last week) I have purchased an auto siphon, digital thermomter, two better bottles, three recipes, a thief, three airlocks, three stoppers, tubing and a funnel. So needless to say my wallet is hurting a little bit so I have to pick and choose what to buy to get myself through the holiday season...
just go to the post office with a baggie filled up and ask how much to ship to Ca... wait maybe a small sealed box would be better .. Don't cost a dime
I got the same if not "packing" the sugar. If I tapped the bottom of the cup to pack it, I got as high as 5.3oz! Moral of the story for me, is to weigh the sugar, don't use the volume measuring cups!According to my scale, 1 cup of corn sugar weighs 4.65oz. The scale is pretty accurate too as the pre-measured 5oz. packages are spot on.
Thanks. You win the prize for resurrecting the oldest thread I have seen since I joined.I got the same if not "packing" the sugar. If I tapped the bottom of the cup to pack it, I got as high as 5.3oz! Moral of the story for me, is to weigh the sugar, don't use the volume measuring cups!
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