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Hello All, Been a long time since i've posted here, but I have a little project I'm working on and curious if anyone else has devised a scheme similar to mine. The backstory to all of this is that I wanted to find a way as an 'open system' homebrewer to limit oxygen ingress during...

I haven't used dry yeast for a while, but I don't remember seeing this on any other dry yeast.

Fermcap. No contest.

I crash cool the last 48 hours of dry hopping to settle the pellets (no bags). Then rack to keg. I dose with biofine in the keg to take care of any residual haze. I've never had problems with hop matter getting stuck in the posts.

I only use 4-5 drops for an 8 gallon boil. I've never needed more and walk away from the boil without worry for extended periods. If you want to use Fermcap in the fermenter to decrease blowoff and fill your carboy up, you will have to redose. However, don't do this until krausen has formed...

Ditto. Though if at 3 weeks, your most likely done fermenting unless you had a huge starting gravity or you have an infection.

Finally broke out my BRY-97 this past weekend. I kept a close eye on takeoff time since everyone was saying that this yeast was a bit slower. OG was 1.055 and I pitched ~ 70-72 F. Ambient temps in house brought the temp down to 66-68 F, where its been fermenting steadily for 4 days. I...