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Just kegged a Galaxy/Citra APA, and have another APA sitting and waiting for a free keg. Also just brewed a red rye PA that is still fermenting and a rye saison in which I pitched some Hill Farmstead Anna dregs. It will sit for at least 6 months to a year I think. Sent from my iPhone using...

Long weekend up in Canada. Getting together with a buddy on Monday and brewing two 10 gal batches, a saison and an American wheat

PJ's (usually brew early morning), and flip flops if I am brewing outside (in the summer months)

Chuck Ragan's new album "Til Midnight"

Homebrewed Belgian PA... Styrian late additions and WLP 550

Recipe looks good, although I might consider dropping the sugar and peppercorn additions. WLP 565 should adequately dry things out (if you can keep temps high enough and are patient), and will definitely throw off some peppery phenolic notes.

Recipe looks great and tasty, but I would concur with the previous comment on dialing back your cara malts a bit, since you are aiming for a west coast IPA on the dry side

Summit - could never buy into the big onion flavours I got from an IPA I brewed with them. Sorachi Ace - I haven't brewed with them myself, but tried a single hop APA (Bellwoods Monogamy) which tasted heavily of dill, and not much else... yuck.

Usually about 5-7 days, depending on when I actually get around to bottling. I always shoot for ~5 days, but sometimes life gets in the way and it goes a bit longer. This has never resulted in undesirable grassy off-flavours, IMO.

I also love early morning brew days. Work has been fairly crazy lately for both SWMBO and I, so the weekend is our prime "together time". However, she also enjoys sleeping on the weekend so by the time she wakes up the boil is usually underway and we have most of the day to spend together...

I've got a 100% brett brux APA in primary, and a rye-altbier lagering out in the shed.

Brewing a rye saison with the new Yeast Bay Wallonian Farmhouse strain. I still can't decide whether to go American or continental with the late hops... it will probably be a game time decision! ;)

My house IPA recipe is about 95% Vienna, and is always well-received.

I have never tried or brewed with Mosaic so I can't comment on that, but I think that Columbus would pair well with Citra. I use it alot to add some complexity to my IPAs, as I like to add a bit of its piney/dank characteristics to complement the more fruity/citrusy American hops.

Or invest in a wine thief! That way you can check the gravity and sample as much (or as little) as you'd like before returning the rest to the fermenter.