I here ya there! have you tried 1 cup yourself??
john palmer recommends 2/3 cup sugar
http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/chapter11-4.html
how often do we make exactly 5 gallons??
I have over 12 cases of beer in my house some over a
year old using 1 cup cane sugar without a hitch~
I would use some safbrew S-33.I have used this many times around 79
to 82 degree F see spec sheet:
http://www.fermentis.com/fo/pdf/HB/EN/Safbrew_S-33_HB.pdf
Try 1 cup cane sugar,2 cups water boil for ten min.
and bottle.I have made several beers within your range
with this method.make sure though when you siphon
to suck up some of that good yeast from the ferm bottom.
What an i missing???????? I have tried almost every all grain recipe for snpa clone some are close but not quite there!
I can not put my finger on it maybe a fourth hop addition any ideas?
For the money we spent on the kit you would think the directions would be
1st class.The rjs kit was reccomended but i my try a different brand next time.
This is my first try @ maiking wine.I just opened the box and read through
the instructions.Nothing is said about the two hugarian oak sticks anywhere.
I assume that they get added to the primary with the oak chips?