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Awesome guys thanks so much for all the input!

So I plan on racking my pumpkin beer onto a nice bed of oak chips that I am going to soak with some rum of my choice.. My question is 1, do I have to sanitize the oak chips first? Or with the alcohol in the rum take care of that..? And 2, how much rum should I add to 1/2-3/4 of an ounce of oak...

Bringing this back from the dead, anyone here think of a reason why I wouldn't be able to do a full boil..? And if so any ideas what to change around..?

No co2 here...

So, I took a gravity sample today and it was very bitter... Very bitter... Do you guys think that will mellow..?

Thanks for all the info guys! Stoked to throw them in, took my first sample today and it already tastes awesome...

I did that last time, it was a true pain to rack into my bottling bucket...

Rock on. Thanks guys.. I am using the same hops in my IPA.. Citra and amerillo.. Can't wait to see how they go with each other....

Sooo, I just brewed my summer IPA a couple weeks ago and am ready to dry hop it with the pellets... I wanted to come here for opinions on doing it because I want the best possible aroma and flavor as I can get out of it.. It's going to stay in the primary and I was going to sanitize some marbles...

Bumpski!! I brewed this and let it sit for a few weeks after it was bottled and it tastes good... Good, not Gandhi... I have brewed two IIPAs, this being the second one.. And both have a similar taste.. It's a very fruity taste. But not a citrousy taste.. I can't put my finger on it to describe...

I am seeing a lot of fresh raspberries being used in a secondary... How do you sanitize and keep the beer from re-fermenting with fresh berries...?

Awesome!! Thanks for the info

Here's a question... I'm getting ready to dry hop my DIPA and I was thinking about going the primary route instead of a secondary.... Now if I take my lid off to get my gravity and dump the hops in, will I introduce unwanted oxygen into the top of the beer...? Or not enough to worry about it..?

I have some heady and would love to try some zombie dust

Back to the beer... Thanks for your help Remmy.. I brewed this on Friday and my brew day went absolutely flawless.. Everything except my OG was perfectly spot on... I pitched my yeast and woke up to my first floor smelling of Gandhi... It's a beautiful thing... Any idea what could throw my OG...