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DONT DUMP IT! Run to your LHBS and get yourself another slap pack of the same yeast. Slap it, and make a starter by boiling about 1000ml of water with a cup of DME for about 5 mins to sanitize. Cool the starter to about 70 to 75 and pitch the yeast and let it sit for about 24 to 48 hrs to get...

I am brewing a big IPA that I wanted a little more malt than I normally brew to stand up to the hops. I hit a OG of 1.085 and I mashed at 158. Fermentation took off right away with WLP001 (0.5 gallon starter) and chugged on nicely for a week at 63 degrees. After this, it hit a wall at 1.030...

I use lalvin EC-1118 for my apfelwein, I think it is cleaner than Montrachet and lets the apple come forward sooner... so I can drink them down faster with less conditioning :)

Your hops look great, I would put in some toasted french oak chips maybe, but I would follow NQ3X's advice first.

Apricot Puree (Oregon)

Trying my pulled out of my but recipe for Magic Hat no. 9 clone this weekend

Thanks for the info. Bet-Mar in Columbia was my LHBS back in my USC days. Anyway, seems like the upstate would be fertile ground for one of you Atlanta boys to expand in.

I got my brother in SC into homebrewing and he is desperately trying to find a LHBS in the upstate of SC. Anyone know of any? thanks

Thanks! I thought that would be the way to go since those yeasties will already know what it is like to party.

I have an american pale ale about to finish up on WLP001, and about to go into secondary. My next beer is my first stab at a high gravity beer (an IPA, I am shooting for a OG of 1.080). Can I dump this new wort right on the yeast cake from the pale ale right after I rack it to secondary?

How about this Fermentables 4 lbs Amber Malt Extract liquid 8 lbs Light Malt Extract liquid 0.5 lb 20L Crystal 0.5 lb 40L Crystal Hops 4 oz orange peel 1 oz Simcoe 45 min 1 oz Chinook 20 min 1 oz Cascade 0 min 1 oz Cascade DH Yeast WLP001 @ 60 degrees F (want it nice and...

Orange does sound interesting, think I might shoot for that. Thanks!

I want to make a mid body, high gravity IPA with strawberries at about 60 IBU. Has anyone done any brew like this and how did it turn out? Does IPA and fruit mix well. Thanks for your help.