Recent content by jbushee

I'm two weeks into this recipe. Fermentation took about a week, then I sweetened and it's been sitting and clearing for another week. Tastes a bit yeasty. Is it just too soon, or did I mess it up somehow? Only deviation from the recipe was I replaced the 2.5 lb corn sugar with 2 lb cane...

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Assuming you can ship to CT? The spear still have the 2" sealing ring?

If so, am interested.

For sugar content in fermentation. This for a hard lemonade recipe. I ended up using 2 c cane sugar for 3 c corn sugar... Thanks for the input!

I generally prefer UPS over FedEx, but even USPS would be fine, since I'm not in any real hurry. Do you do PayPal payments? Kind of prefer that option, since it offers each of us some protection..

Interested in bottles, if you can ship (at my cost, naturally) What other things do you have? Looking for carboys and perhaps kegs.

Doing some Googling, it looks like corn sugar is less sweet than cane sugar, so I'll want to use 1.5 X corn sugar equals 1 X cane sugar. That sound right?

Have a recipe calling for corn sugar, which I've not seen at the supermarket. Can I substitute corn syrup for corn sugar? If so, what amount of corn syrup should I use to replace a pound of corn sugar?

OK then, sounds like I need to do more homework on yeasts, especially if I want a lower ABV. Thanks for the feedback

I'd like to learn how to control my brewing better. Rather than having to treat my brew with chemicals so I can back sweeten, as most folks seem to prefer, I'd rather brew it to the desired FG. From what I've read, I think this can be calculated out. If I'm looking for a FG of 1.025 say, and...