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9315.5 + 5.5 g NEIPA for New Year 9321

8494 + 5 gallons Breakfast Stout = 8499

You can absolutely keg hop to add some DH flavor and aroma. Search other threads for techniques to minimize O2 exposure. Good luck!

Stepping up to larger batch sizes, so this little bad boy is getting pushed aside. Lightly used with only 8 to 10 ferments. Includes thermowell, blow-off barb, airlock, and lots of extra o-rings. $150, Local pickup in Northwest Houston.

+5.5 gal NEIPA =4769

I have had better transfer success from my Speidel by placing a small board under the front so the fermenter tilts back maybe 15 degrees. After final cold crash and the hops/yeast have settled, carefully remove the board and return fermenter to horizontal. First I usually pull a hydromter...

I have a 15 gallon BrewBoss, and it is a solid piece of equipment. Not flimsy in any respect. Welds are clean on the TCs and handles. For the money I would go with the 15 gallon version which has accurate visible volume markings and weldless port for temp gauge. I use it exclusively for 5...

3051.5 + 5.5 gallons juicy NEIPA 3057

I have used the "poor man's beer gun" with some success, had read about it on this forum but cannot find the thread now. -Shove some silicone tubing over your tap nozzle. -Slide the bottle up over the tubing and press upward hard enough on the tubing 'skirt' to create a pressure seal. -Turn on...

Brewed this back in December, just opening first bottles now. I used 4.5 lbs frozen tart cherry and 1 lb of frozen dark sweet cherry. Its good, really good, for my first sour! Smooth, crisp, and layers of flavor. Very subtle Saison, Cherry is much more subdued than I expected, but is...

1121 + 5 gallons NEIPA = 1126

I have been using the site for a couple of years now. If you have a Tilt hydrometer it is a no brainier to use the site, as long as you have an old phone, tablet, or other BT/WiFi connected device that can continuously upload your Tilt data. I just use an old android phone that would have...

If you want to avoid all the baking soda or lime additions, dont add the roasted malts until the end of the mash, after conversion is complete. Set up the spreadsheet with base and non-roasted specialty malts to get a good target mash ph. In last 10 minutes or so add the roast malt, by then...