Recent content by istuntmanmike

For another data point, we use ClarityFerm in our beers at the brewery and have noticed no negative effects whatsoever, head retention or otherwise. It makes filtering a breeze, especially on a highly hopped IPA that would otherwise be really cloudy. via...

I want it I want it I want it

I want it!!

count me in :mug:

He's setting up, Riley's is one of the breweries participating in the brewfest.

. . . . <------- ;) I'm just a lil biased. lol

Well I had my first few days of riding with their previous sales rep, met lots of people, learned a ton. Helped out with the bottling, got to drink our double dry hopped red IPA fresh from the bright tank at 9am (and get paid for it! :D), set up a few pint nights here and there. Still waiting on...

I just ordered a Zeus and a Columbus (they actually have them separate) last night. My Chinook rhizomes didn't sprout and only one Columbus did, so I have some extra space the new ones from Great Lakes will fill. It will be interesting seeing the difference not only from rhizomes to the...

My lil girl, Taylor. Husky/Pitt. Total doofus. Dexter, our little mutt. Puppies!! :rockin:

Tomorrow I start riding around with the guy whose position I'm filling, Sales Rep for Riley's Brewing in Madera, CA :ban: Super excited because the brewery is starting to take off and I'm the guy responsible for our home market of Fresno. It's a bit daunting, but I still couldn't be happier. I'm...

I have a kettle big enough to boil ~6.5gal, and a plate chiller to cool it all down. I've been playing with a calculator and have noticed that the IBUs don't just double as I double the amount of hops, this is because of the hops utilization you mention? Is it just a matter of plugging in...

I want to brew a double batch of IPA to split into 2 fermenters to experiment with different dry hops, etc. Are there any guidelines/restrictions to doing this, such as max gravity before splitting? If I want to end up with a 6-7% abv brew in each fermenter, would the original wort simply be too...

(General AA%: 9.5-12%) Zythos is a new "IPA style" hop blend created to optimize and exceed the aroma characteristics of the traditional, and sometimes hard to get, IPA hops. Hopunion had a team of professional hop sniffers blending combinations of hops. The interesting thing MoreBeer! learned...

Is there any benefit to doing that vs just adding more DME to get more fermentables?

Thanks for the explanation, explains a lot. So if I'm steeping only, might as well not even bother with the 2-row, and just use specialty grains if I want to add body and flavor, correct? What would be the benefit to using 2-row and mashing?