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So I am two brews into using my new pump and Brew Hardware Spin cycle whirlpool attachment.....which works very well BTW. Most all my brews have flame out hop additions, whether at flame out, 180* ect. I have been running my whirlpool constantly the from flame out till racking. My...

So I want to step out of my normal IPA and try to make a nice sunset orange colored IPA. Here is what I have come up with for a 6.5 gallon batch. This guarantees me a full 5 gallon keg, plus maybe a couple bombers if I'm lucky. I can't figure out how to have input separate whirlpool...

Got the email from Northern brewer about it. Looks pretty cool, almost a better version of the fast ferment. I do like the non proprietary trub dump/yeast harvester. Anyone use it yet? A bit pricey at $200, but seems nice and price includes stand and a couple accessories...

I should be receiving my new pump and accessories on Monday and plan to use Tue. on a brew. Chugger pump, high temp hoses and brew hardware spin cycle for whirlpool. Is it common practice to start the whirlpool a few minutes before end of boil to sanitize pump and hoses? Or what is your...

So I want to move up to O2 free transfers. I keg in Sanke 1/6 barrels. I will be buying a dedicated coupler for transfers. I am thinking of a process along these lines. Fill clean keg with starsan, hook up coupler and empty keg via Co2 using a picnic faucet to drain into a bucket...

Do you need to crash and decant between starters? I alluded to this in an earlier thread without much input. I am brewing a (NE syle) IPA on saturday. Bought a pack of Gigyeast Vermont IPA yeast yesterday. Its reported as a double pitch pack with 200b cells. Last evening I made a...

So, I want to try out a NE style IPA this weekend. I am thinking of going with Gigayeast Vermont IPA. They report its a double pitch amount with ~200 b cells. I also want to harvest some yeast. I now save trub to pitch slurries, but with the huge amount of late addition/dry hops planned for...

I just received my second Co2 tank and I have a spare regulator. I want to setup a "utility" Co2 tank. Thinking I could grab some sort of air gun wand type thing to try purging carboys, kegs ect. Will also be handy to have a second supply of Co2 when/if my keezer tank runs out unexpectedly...

I recently received a pound of Apollo pellets from Yakima valley hops. Most I have read talks about using them as bittering due to their high Alpha. But let me tell you, these things smell really good, better than the pound f Citra I got. The one thing that really stuck out was when I took one...

Lots and lots of hops in this one so I over sized this batch. Black line is 5 gallons. I told my self to stop racking about an inch lower, but i just couldn't dump the goodness. This pic is only 15 hours from pitching, fermentation still in early stages. I don't thin my blowoff tube will be...

I'm now 40 and I tell ya, I'm dead after a solo brew day. Getting old is a *****. Though, if I had time and space in the ferm chamber I just might brew to tomorrow :)

Hi guys, looking for some input for my water profile. 6 gallon batch 10 gallons starting BAIB full volume mash 5.5 lbs Pale 2 row 5.5 lbs Pilsner 2 lbs Golden Promise 1 lb white wheat .5 lbs crystal 40 4 oz acidulated malt Using EZwater spreadsheet -100% RO water I kept all...

Yesterday was the big day, I finally was going to brew a batch with my first ever home grown hops. First brew with whole hops of any kind. I made up my recipe with LOTS of hops, like 8 OZ 10 mins and below. The mistake happened when I simply added my whole hops like I usually do with...

Hey all, so I harvested and dried my Cascades and I am going to harvest my Columbus today. In a week or two I plan on brewing my first batch using solely my home grown, except a a 1/2 oz warrior pellets for bittering. I have always only used store bought pellets and upon drying and weighing...

So I harvested my Cascade and Centennial already, just waiting on my Columbus. They appear ready visually, but they still feel quite "wet". I'm not sure if that is just because the cones are very compact. These Columbus have a much more dense cone than those of the Cascade and Centennials I...

Spending hours browsing old threads on here and other sites(how did we know anything before Goggle), I see lots of recipes and I'm always thinking how little hops that are use, and most with heavy 60 minute additions. I guess its a function of both personal preferences and the changing times...

So I have about 6 gallons of a Pliney clone(1.070 OG) that is 15 days in primary. I have never transferred to a secondary, but this recipe "strongly recommends it" so I am going to go for it. I figure this would be a good time to save the trub slurry(have not dry hopped yet) and repitch a pint...

I made my first starter for an IPA recipe I made a couple weeks ago. My OG was 1.070 and my first post fermentation reading came in at 1.008. I made a 2L starter of 001. I was kinda shocked at how low the FG was. Both reading were with wort and beer at ~68*. Fermented at 67*. Is this...

Can I shake her even though I already pitched....about 10 minutes ago? My damn neighbor came by and talked my ear off, AND I TOTALLY spaced on this

So I made my first starter. WLP001 in a 2L solution in 2L flask on stirplate. All the research I read on starters never talked about Krausen bombs. I learned the hard way about overflowing yeast. Kinda worried I lost quite a bit of pure yeast. I ended up with 2 separate overflows. I've...