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We were kind of just screwin' around with airborne yeast strains in our brewery. We took two different starters with DME in them and put one outside, near the sea in California and by a freeway, and one inside the brewery. We specialize in wild barrel-aged beers that usually turn out nicely...

I will never say that anyone is doing anything wrong in regards to their yeast starters. I just want to inform everyone how I have done it on my last batch of an IPA. I used a vial of San Diego Super Yeast that was past the expiration. I used 150 grams of DME for my starter and did 1500 mL...

There is a lot of belief that the beer being on top of the yeast will eventually create off flavors. I think complicating the matter and racking is a waste of time. Some of the off flavors can be attributed to leaving the beer in the ferment er too long. But in my opinion you have a target...

If your brew is down to the correct final gravity numbers. Lower the temps to 38 for 24 hours, then let it raise back up to room temps for another 24 hours. And throw pellet hops in there. Whole hops are a pain, especially if you are using a glass carboy. I usually dry hop for 5 days. Then...

Man I just tasted my award winning ipa extract recipe with San Diego Super Yeast instead and its fantastic. Second time I've brewed but I research a lot and compiled the recipe and tweaked a tad. I found some citra hops at a local homebrew shop and added a two stage dry hop 7 days each. Split...

Hey dude the Fred Meyer on Burnside has Pliny at times. They probably sell out pretty fast.

I just brewed an extract version of this beer. It turned out pretty good by the gravity turned out lower than I expected 1.060. Grain: 9lb. Pale Malt Extract 4 oz. Wheat Malt Extract Specialty Grains: 1 lb. Carapils Hops: 30 Minute: 1.5 oz. Chinook, 2 oz. Cascades. 15 Minute: 2 oz. Cascade, 1...

Hey thank you for the valuable information. I really appreciate it.

Hey sorry for the newb question, but what would be the extract recipe for this? Does anyone know? Or partial mash. I love IPAs would like to do a similar recipe but I am not ready for all-grain yet. I just brewed my first batch, don't know how it turned out yet. Looking for recipes for my...

You can get Pliny the Elder on Tuesdays at Whole Foods, and Lunardi's in San Jose and Los Gatos. In Santa Cruz you can get it at Ajs by Cabrillo College. In Oakland there are so many places you can get it as well as San Francisco. You can go to Russian River's website to figure out where they...

They have Pliny the Elder at AJs Market in Soquel, CA right by Cabrillo College. That's the only place you can get it in Santa Cruz County. They have it on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at the Whole Foods and Lunardi's in Los Gatos. If AJs doesn't have Pliny which they usually do they have Blind...

Ya DBI is the distributor they get a low amount of cases. And they distribute them to independents very rarely. I do the beer section at AJs Market in Santa Cruz County, and we can't even get Dogfish Head because our distributor has such low amounts of it that they only give it to the big...

I've never seen Pliny the Elder in Whole Foods before. One of the best selections of beer I have ever seen are at City Beer in San Francisco and Beer Revolution in Oakland. Pliny and Blind Pig are at these locations. I was in San Diego because my sister lives down there. I went to 4 liquor...