The imperial stout I was referring to had an OG of 1.074. It was my 2nd all grain batch attempt. That doesn't sound too high as far as what mtnagel was suggesting, correct?
Here is a pic of the third attempt at washing my yeast. This batch is WL London Ale 013 from an imperial stout. After all the time spent doing this, which I don't really mind, I think I will try Brulosopher's method of using starters. I used a 3rd gen of a WL Dry English Ale WL 007 for a Blonde...
This is my first experience with hop growing. I am starting with two rhizomes each of Centennial and Willamette in the only space I could find with the most sun. You can see that I am height challenged with the pics. I have strung my twine from one bird pen to another one. Not pretty, but...
This is my side by side comparison to a DFG 90 min. The one with no head retention is mine btw. Slight diff in the taste test, but everyone that tasted mine liked it. Of course they liked the real thing too. Cheers! :mug: