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I wonder if it's S23. That was mareketed as a good yeast for biotransformation and is also known as a terrible yeast lol

I tried a little yeast comparison again. I did an 80% pale, 7% oat malt, 13% wheat malt grist and split it in half. Half was omega dko chico and half was omega dko BAV. ferment out, drop to 60F for a couple days and then add in 8 oz of citra lupo to each for 2 days, crash to 32F and rack. i...

i was just gonna add 2 oz in 6 gallons and the rest something else. cool, i'll try it out!

I have some Talus I was considering using. I don't want much wood character. Would 2 oz in 6 gallons be reasonable or is 1 oz better?

oh wow! thanks for the info! i emailed Lance several months ago and he said they didn't have plans of releasing the dko strains in homebrew size. i'm gonna get these for sure.

yeah, i was excited by those strains, but they're only probrew size pitches. if anyone gets some i'd love to get a slant of it.

based on my experience, diacetyl can be a problem if mashing on the higher side. i now mash lower and also add in an oz of dry hops at yeast pitch to help encourage any breakdown of remaining easily-accessible dextrins. i haven't had a problem since, but i would like to dry hop warmer and am a...

I finally got some ALDC to try. I'm going to use US-05. I was planning to add some to my primary. I usually dry hop at like 40-45 with US-05 with no ALDC. Can I go up to 50-55 now and avoid diacetyl? Just looking for some practical advice from user experience.

i've had a love hate relationship with columbus in the dry hop for many years now. i try some sometimes and it makes an amazing beer and the next time it makes it awful. i had two thoughts. the last time i used it and liked it was when i used columbus lupo. maybe i should stick with that...

First time using Sabro, finally. Wow! What a potent hop. Tons of ripe tropical fruit and complexity. I wonder if it would pair well with some dank columbus?

i think k47k is out of the game. someone else would have to organize.

I shouldn't say they aren't going to do it. this is what they said, so it's definitely possible: "Currently, there are no plans to offer these strains in homebrew-sized pitches, but we are constantly listening to customer feedback, so those plans may change. "

Sadly, Omega informed me that they are not going to produce hombrew-sized pitches of the aldc-generating strains. Things could change of course.

i heard a podcast where a brewer recommended about 5% CTZ to really blend well and accentuate the other hops. I've used 17% recently and it was pronounced but nice in a WC IPA

I was thinking about using 34/70 after hearing a podcast by pro brewers using it in ipa. I was wondering how it is possible to avoid diacetyl with a dry-hopped beer using 34/70. I assume you either have to use aldc or make sure hop creep is finished before racking to keg? The yeast can be...