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Personally I would just throw those hops in at flameout so that you get at least a touch of bitterness (5 gallon cools so fast anyways that it won't be much, but still something). I also prefer skipping the day 3 dry hop and just loading up at the day 7. I would also just split the entire...

Based on your 9 gallon of water total I get: CA: 128.9 Mg:5 Na: 95 CL: 168 S04: 103.7 Alk as CaC03: 208 with additions of: Gypsum: 5g Epson salt: 2g Calcium Chloride 12g Baking Soda: 12g Your salt is a bit high, but it won't come off as salty (i've gone to 100ppm and never noticed salinity...

If you don't want to get the lime, that amount of baking soda is fine (i've used comparable amounts and it's come out very well on the other side). In general your water profile is good. I would personally lower the bicarbonate. I typically target a profile in this range (bicarbonate as high...

You'll never really save money on the equipment side, so just spend up front to get something you'll be happy working with for a while. The best way to save money is to buy your ingredients in bulk. Buy 50lbs bags to two row (or whatever other malt you use in significant quantity). Buy your...

Do you know your starting water? That's a lot of baking soda and chalk. Unless you have incredibly acidic water, i don't know why you would want to raise the alkalinity/hardness of your water that much. To be honest you could probably just do: 8g calcium chloride 5g gypsum no anything else...

I would recommend getting Omegas DIPA (OYL52 I think?). Pitch at 0.65million cells / ml / degree plato. Ferm at 68.5F for 48 hrs, 72.5F until terminal. The peach esters are extremely pronounced. I've made a beer with no dry hop (just whirpool) and it's a relatively assertive flavor (obviously...

Anyone used this stuff? Sounds kind of just like using lactic acid rather than lacto to sour your beer, but at a much higher price. They're also pretty vague on what it is. Curious if anyone has tried it! LACTO DELLICIOUS https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074N71HPZ/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20...

I would use it as a dry hop. This is very similar to hopzoil (though they use fresh hops to distill if I remember correctly) and that's the recommended use. So yeah, rack to keg, toss it in and see what youget!

My inclination is that if they do in fact blend beers that they do it in an oxygen purged environment obviously (purged tanks and lines, of course). If I were to guess, they would fully ferment WB06, T58, then add to a larger batch of S04 at the tail end of its fermentation with CBC1, some...

This is actually not a bad idea at all and would almost certainly give you more control over flavor profile in the fermentation and then also the blend. It would effectively be like blending sour beer, but for an IPA. You might be on to something to experiment with, thunderaxe

If you're really worried you can always add a bit of Calcium Chloride and or Oak chips to it to try and fill out the mouthfeel a bit. CACO adds softness and body (just boil it in a very small amount of water first then add). Oak chips adds tannins, which fills out the body a bit as well, and...

Personally I would recommend going electric. It's a bit slower but if your garage is insulated then you'll stay nice and toasty during the cold winter. I would recommend taking a look at either Spike, SS Brewtech or Blichmann to piece everything together (or get one of their full systems). I...

Obviously I can't see the pic, but it may just be a hop slurry of sorts. I know I like to make a hop slurry for cryo specifically because it's hard to get that crap into solution (but boy does it taste great once you do), and I find it gives much better extraction that way. Just another thought

Have you checked the gravity? I had the same thing happen with my first sour where I saw zero activity for a week, then I took a gravity sample just in case and it was down to 1.008. Not sure what happened exactly but it was with WLP001, so worth checking if it's attenuating at the very least

I think mine were slightly off when I tested it by pouring in a bunch of 18.9L things of water, but to be honest it's not a super accurate test and wasn't very far off so I dunno