Recent content by Tony B

I feel like I’m losing some hop potential by using mesh bags. I was considering going freestyle and just chucking them in both the kettle and the FV when dry hopping to see if it helps. My only worry is clogging the posts on the keg when racking into the OUT side of the keg. Any tips or tricks...

I kegged a light WCIPA brewed with lutra a few weeks ago and it’s been in the keg for about a week and a half. I have a blonde ale also brewed with Lutra that has been in the keg since Saturday. I just tasted both and the IPA is definitely getting better and losing some of that Lutra flavor...

I have only pitched from starters I’ve made from both dry and my frozen vials which were also made from dry. I usually dump whatever is left in the FV after packaging. If that’s what you’re asking about, I’ve been pitching at 80-85F and having airlock activity in about 2 hours and it’s chugging...

This being my third batch with lutra, I now have a sense of the “flavor” it brings. I was a little worried early on that it was oxidation, but now I realize it’s the lutra. It’s nice to not have to worry about temp and that’s where I’m at for now, but it definitely has a distinct fingerprint.

That looks delicious. I have only brewed about 6 batches and though I’d love to brew a neipa, I am going to wait until I have my process down. I have brewed 3 batches with lutra. 2 WCIPA’s and I have a blonde ale using lutra in an FV right now. So far they have been decent, but overall I have a...

I appreciate the responses. I guess I’ll wait until next winter for another batch of Kolsch style and stick with the WLP029.

As an alternative, does WLP029 work well in the low to mid 70’s? This is what I used previously with great results when fermented in the recommended temp range.

A couple of the first few batches I brewed were kolsch and I’d like to brew another soon, but have no fermentation temp control and temperatures are rising. I was wondering what if any strains of kveik might do this style justice. Have any of you tried this?

I have a batch of Pilsner that I’m planning to keg tonight. Most of what I’ve read about using it recommends adding it to cold beer, after cold crashing, but I’m not cold crashing prior to keging. I was wondering if it would work if I pour it in the FV just prior to racking into the keg and then...

I’ve only been brewing a short time and always wondering… is this going to work? A couple months ago I started a frozen yeast bank. I overbuilt a starter of 2 strains I was using and made small vials of them for freezing. Each vial contains 5ml yeast slurry and 5ml cryo-preservative. Wednesday...

Earlier this week I filled one keg with Starsan solution and pushed it through 2 kegs and left in a third using co2. I was using about 5psi. I then purged each of the two that were “empty”. So I’m assuming there is about 5 psi in them now. Should I depressurize before starting the transfer? My...

After reading all of this and watching some videos, I am going to try to do a closed loop transfer. 5psi in the keg? With the various sizes of tubing and misc pats I have on hand, I think I can rig something up for each of my FV’s. Drain spouts and airlock holes being different sizes on each...

I added to my original post that I do have spouts on both and will use gravity to transfer. Will it flow through the 3/16 beverage line in a reasonable amount of time or am I better off to open the purged keg and run a hose to the bottom? Thanks.

This weekend will be my first time doing this. I will have 2 batches ready to keg. Is it better to transfer through the liquid (out) line on the keg or just open the top and run a hose to the bottom of the keg? Any other helpful tidbits would be appreciated. Both FV’s have spouts near the...