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Ha! That makes sense. But I should be draining my wort from kettle first, right? And then start sparging once I have just about an inch (or two) of water above grain? And thanks for your everyone's help. I'm just trying to make the best beer I possibly can :)

Ha! That makes sense. But I should be draining my wort from kettle first, right? And then start sparging once I have just about an inch (or two) of water above grain?

Really? So where does the term "first runnings" come from? I always thought that I would drain first, then rinse grains by fly sparging once I have an inch or so of water above grain.

Yep... Mash Recirculate Drain First Runnings to Kettle Fly Sparge (30-40 min)

My People... I have been mashing (All Grain) in a 10 Gallon Igloo and have not been Mashing Out to Sparge Temperatures. I basically go from a mash temperature of say 145-155 F, then after 60-75 min I go straight to sparging once I am done recirculating, draining first runnings, etc. I...

I have fresh (2 days - picked up at brewery) bottles of Pliny for trade. Looking for something dark, barrel aged.

I'm down, and would love some Darkness. Are you still interested in the trade?

Looking for a Burner... Prefer Blichmann but am open to a good deal. Thanks! I'm located in West Burbs of Chicago

I was thinking about dry hopping the same as you (1oz each Simcoe, Citra, Cascade). How would you describe the result? Thanks!!!

How else do you know that fermentation is done when using a SS Conical? Can oxygenation happen when grabbing sample from racking arm? I thought there would be enough Co2 released above beer that would blanket the oxygen? All I know is that I want to avoid all this, so your thoughts are more than...

I have a conical fermenter. It's been in primary for 9 days and its still doing its thing. I'll start checking gravity in a couple days then dump the yeast once I have a consistent FG over a couple days. Then I'll probably let it rest for a couple days more, then start to dry hop. I might be...

Thanks man! I'm pretty excited about it... I had a nice whirlpool going and am more than pleased with the initial color/clarity. The wort tasted amazing and it's still spitting out some great Esther... So what are your thoughts on having a dry hop schedule, rather than just adding everything at...

Cool. This batch is a Rye IPA with the following hop schedule: 1oz Chinook 45min 1oz Amarillo 30min 1oz Simcoe 15min .5oz Citra 10 min 1.5oz Citra 5 min I want to dry hop: 1oz Citra 7 days 1oz Cascade 7 days 1oz Simcoe 7 days

How's it going... I don't have a lot of experience dry hopping and the last batch I did was Citra and Amarrilo, which came out super pineapple standish... I'm just about to dry hop my next batch and was thinking 1oz each of Simcoe, Citra & Cascade for 7 days. Anyone ever dryhop with this blend...

I was planning on dry hopping with both Simcoe and Citra. How much are you dry hopping with (what volumes)? This is what I brewed last night and it was a real good session. My efficiency was way up and the wort looked beautiful. OG: 1.070