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After 20 faithful years of service I think its time to retire the old chiller a build a new one. A coupling broke and I got a good look at the copper tubing outside wall and wow! the funk built up on the tubing. After seeing that I'm surprised it's not had corrosion leak through yet. Anyways...

I have about an ounce of oak chips soaked in a hopsack wet with whiskey. It's been sealed in a mason jar sitting in the pantry for a couple of years. It's not submerged at all. Just very wet. I have a Porter ready for these chips if possible. Use 'em or Toss 'em

I 2nd cold brew additions. Meassure a small amount of coffee in a beer sample to taste and calculate for the batch size. You can always put in more but you can't take it out.

I had another pint of this again tonight and it keeps getting sweeter. A very evident tropical fruit flavor. The hops will dissipate. I say brew the recipe as is and make adjustments IF you need to.

So it looks like you have 2 batches of hops. One at 11.3% and another at 12.7%. The original posted recipe doesn't account for zero minute IBU contributions, a somewhat recently updated software capability. I doubt the toungue can determine the difference between 1 or 2 IBUs. I like to take the...

I did a FWH 1/4oz - 18 min 3/4oz - 0 min 1oz - Dry 1oz - of an 11.5% Mosaic hop - coming in at 32.1 IBU Tinseth.

I just saw this post..... funny - I just came from the tap filling a pint of this recipe. It is by far one of the tastiest summer beers I've made. It has a wonderful, sweet fruity flavor that works with hot weather. One point I would make is to dry it out a little. It will make a more...

I don't think Jamil keeps up with his site much these days.

This is exactly my process. I don't go overboard with washing yeast. I go overboard on sanitation and don't use yeast I dry hopped. If you're using over a cup of slurry in a 3 gallon batch you may want to look at some calculators. That's seems like a lot of yeast. Most of my batches repitch...

Unusual..... I collected the yeast cake after kegging 4/28/18. Mr Malty is calling this 10% viable http://www.mrmalty.com/calc/calc.html BrewUnited is stating 58% http://www.brewunited.com/yeast_calculator.php

I remember reading a long time back that anything over a few months needs to be flushed. This batch is pushing it.... catdaddy66, A one step starter?

I've got some 70 day old WLP060 in the fridge. I have good sanitation practices and the yeast cake looks very clean, free of debris under a layer of clear beer. Should I make a starter for another brew day or toss the lot?

I'm putting it before the PWM which is before the motor. I will assume the same results. But you answered the base question. Break either line. ...and CHEERS to You!

I'm using a converter to power a 12v pump and have a Pulse Width Modulator (PWM) to control the speed of the pump. I want to add a toggle switch into the line. It's a simple On/Off - 2 wire lead switch. Am I only adding this into the Positive line to "break" the power? Converter positive and...