Recent content by ALimpert

Thanks for sharing that! Looks like the amount of turbinado sugar is always around .5oz less than corn sugar. So less turbinado is the way to go then huh?

I'm still pretty new but also curious. I used corn sugar for my first three brews, 1 oz of sugar per gallon. Those all came out well carbed. I switched to turbinado sugar for may last few batches, also 1 oz of sugar per gallon. Since I switched all my beers have been over-carbonated. Anything to...

Saw somebody asked about cinnamon sticks in the secondary. On my second batch of beer, a 5 gal pumpkin ale, I thought it'd be great to add a 4 inch cinnamon stick to the secondary. Kept it in there for 3 days and bottled it. After 2 months the cinnamon is still too strong. Almost undrinkable and...