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I would throw in some warrior for the FWH, warrior has a pretty decent piney character and it will raise your ibus like you wanted.

So if I did the math right i takes roughly 54 drops of hop oil for a 5 gallon batch to equal dry hopping with 1/2 oz of hops?

You can get the bitterness you need with all late boil additions but its kind of a waste of money. He threw quite a bit of hops at it for it only being 38 ibus.

So it just seems weird to me that they distribute to PA but not NM which is right below colorado...

Being that yours was chosen should be all the proof he needs that regulating fermenting temperature is ideal. Im sure his probably fermented out but the problem with swinging temperature like that is that the yeast gets over active when the temp is above the recommended temp and then when the...

Im a fan of warrior, cascade and chinook.

The only thing I can think of is maybe try filtering it though a 2 micron filter or finer if you can find one at a decent price.

I do, i have read that it is bad practice but Ive done it like that for 50 or so batches and my most recent ipa finished at 1.011 from 1.075. I have also hydrated in straight water with about the same results. I haven't seen anything negative from my experiences. **edit** I use the wort to...

Hmmm, the only thing that I do differently is dip a little wort out with a measuring cup before i start the boil and hydrate with that. I dont see anything weird about the way you are doing it though.

I use it on most of my ales and lately the kraussen has been really thin but not like that. Are you sprinkling it into the wort or are you hydrating it and then pitching it? The reason I ask is because i hydrate it first and never get the yeast growing on top of the kraussen.

Yeah unfortunately, big companies have the capital to tie things up in litigation until the small guy goes broke trying to fight. Probably just best for innovation to cut their losses and come up with a new slogan.

One reason you may have not hit your volume is because of the wort chiller, the first couple times I used one I was 1/4 to 1/2 gallon below my target volume and finally attributed it to cooling shrinkage. Now I try to end the boil with 1/2 gallon more than my target volume to account for it.

Keg 1- Citra IPA Keg 2 - Dry Stout Keg 3 - Dunkelweizen Keg 4 - Raspberry Cider Ferm 1 - Mead Ferm 2 - Sweet Stout Ferm 3 - American Brown Ferm 4 - Red Rye PA Ferm 5 - Belgian Tripple Ferm 6 - Pilsner

One thing to consider about this pot is that they dont give you any wall thickness numbers so it may be pretty cheap.