Hey Bug and other's this recipe looks like an awesome idea and the grain bill is so small that it will save me ton's on shipping to overseas! I have a question though do you guy's think that subbing just regular raw sugar for the turbinado will really make a significant difference? I can't find it over here and I dont want to pay the shipping for it if it's not needed.
Turbinado sugar is probably not necessary. I used it because I had a bunch of it sitting in the kitchen cupboard. I got the idea of using the inverted sugar syrup from a fellow brewer who does this with regular white sugar.
Another factor that led me to use the turbinado was that I wanted a bit more caramel/molasses flavor. Most brown sugar in this country is simply white sugar with a bit of molasses added to it. Turbinado is semi-refined sugar that is still brown instead of brown added back. Brown sugar would probably work a bit better than white sugar. I would avoid actual molasses as most varieties are much too strongly flavored. Piloncillo or any other semi-refined sugars would also work as would belgian candi syrup.
Right on thanks for the reply I think I can get a hold of sugar in the raw which is supposedly a form of the turbinado sugar. If not brown sugar it is!
By the way I just got the results for the FOAM Cup down in Tulsa, OK. I took gold for best spice beer and another award for best all grain beer with this recipe.
