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I brewed a double ipa today. Columbus, Chinook, Centennial. Pitched wlp002 and it’s starting to bubble 6 hours later.

Made a starter with wlp002. Some to save and some for a double ipa this weekend.

The folks at my local store are great- always helpful and responsive. They also offer an aha discount so I take that and then tip the same amount.

Nice looking beer! You can definitely dry hop a kit.

Homebrew extract light lager. Darn refreshing.

Ruination 1.0. For my money, still the best double ipa out there.

A “pretend it’s 1999” hb pale ale. It could be better. Fresh us-05 is never as good as a repitch.

I've also been having trouble finding enough consecutive hours to do an all grain brew day. Extract can make some good beers though. Today I kegged a light dme (and a little sugar) + vista hops + K97 pale that's been in the fermenter for 3 weeks. Sample tasted great! I also swapped my beverage...

I’m guessing the yeast in question is https://en.angelyeast.com/products/distilled-spirits-and-biofuels/american-ale-yeast-a01.html

Another option, particularly if you don’t already have the controller setup like @Bobby_M is to get some gigaworts from northern brewer. Double walled 15l urn with a built in controller, perfect for 8-10L biab. They are often on sale for $199 (including right now).

I use whirlfloc in all of my beers (pretty much the same thing as protafloc) and I can get both a nice brite beer + long lasting foam. The biggest improvement for me was adding a 15 minute mash step at 72c. A rest at this temperature forms a lot more glycoproteins, which are a big part of foam...

HB ipa. For science, I added 3ml of citra hopkick to the glass. Citra sure is a uniquely identifiable hop. Quite effective 😋

Well earned indeed. My recommendation for beer in central Tokyo: https://goodbeerfaucets.jp/ The owner is a huge Belgian beer nerd and they always have a great selection.

I keep hoping to see cryo/lupomax/lupulin pellet versions of noble hops. To me it seems inevitable that’s where we will end up.

Sounds like a delicious beer. I like a small amount of really light crystal (I usually use great western 15) in my blonde. It adds some sweetness without too much caramel flavor or color.