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I'm using this as an inspiration for my spruce tip beer. I bottled earlier today so I had a yeast cake ready, but not much time, so it's all LME plus the 290 candi syrup, along with more neutral hops (Magnum + Cascade), and a short boil. Let's see ...

I do 5 gallon BIAB session beers on a stovetop, mashing and boiling at half volume in a 20qt pot, cooling the pot in a sink with a couple of changes of water (overnight if need be), then diluting to full volume in the bucket and pitching. My typical grain bill is around 9lbs which is manageable...

I like the frugal approach - I've been doing low gravity (1.040-ish) 5.5 gallon BIAB batches in a 20qt pot, the mash/boil volume is approx 3 gallons, chill in the sink and then add cold water which helps cool to pitch temperature. Using a high-alpha hop and saved yeast makes for pretty cheap...

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An important aspect for me is self-reliance - I can make it myself (and often better and cheaper) and understand the process which is immensely satisfying.

I'm bottling. My previous batch fermented quite warm, and turned out quite tart, but no problems sitting around in a bottle for a couple of months. It was nice but better mixed with a splash of lemonade. Latest batch fermented for the same time but cooler, and a few days after bottling still has...

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I've made a few 1 gallon batches of ginger ale using a ginger bug I cultured from grated organic ginger. I've been able to time bottling/carbing for good result, it was delicious and disappeared too, so I decided to make a larger batch using my beer fermenter. Tasting and bottling was now more...

I only recently heard that bull shoots should be trimmed. Mine are already about 10ft (2nd year plants, centennial & willamette) The leaves are pretty spaced out and I was hoping to get some shade from these hops, so should I trim the bull shoots and hope for more regular shots? There...

This has been a very interesting read. Great info. Now I'm waiting for my existing crowns to put out lots of shoots :)

I want to put a yeast cake from a pale ale to good use - the yeast is Safale S-04 Ideally something light in color/alcohol for summer. Suggestions?

Not really related to this beer, but I'm looking for a simple recipe to pitch on top of the s-04 yeast cake once I bottle the Cascade/Orange. Summer is coming up, could use something light and refreshing. Any suggestions?

3rd batch disappeared quickly. 4th batch fermenting now. 5g partial mash since I can only do 3g all grain, and that's just not enough!

Two weeks in the bottle and it's super tasty.

Do you have more specific instructions/steps?

I'm trying this with half amarillo and reduced orange. Airlock smells amazing Oh and I try to buy local so I used Gambrius ESB instead of MO

Bottled this a week ago. The hops tasted kind of harsh. Today I opened a small bottle to test, it's turned into a tasty brew.

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Enjoying first bottle of a half-sized batch, slightly stressed that there aren't that many bottles left! It's very good! Next time I may supplement with some extract to reach full batch size.

I'll be making this soon, also thinking about mellower alternatives to chinook. I don't have enough Willamette to use that exclusively, what else works well with this recipe?