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If the mechanical means aren’t getting enough O2 removed, any thoughts on adding some priming sugar in the keg for a similar “oxygen scavenging” action? Im in the same spot as the OP, doing what I can to minimize cold side oxygen but think there’s more to do.

The longer I brew, the more I acknowledge I don’t know. All I do know is what I read from others experiences other and the collections of my 100+ brewing experiences. Like royger, I am open to trying it, as my hoppy beers lose their “zing” sooner than I’d like. royger asked for an SMB dosing...

I’ve been researching this to try when I keg my next hoppy beer this weekend. One of the Brülosophy contributors who does this said “for 5 gallons/19 liters of beer, it’s recommended to add 10 ppm SMB, which amounted to only 0.3 grams (1 gram SMB = 175 ppm/gallon)”...

Agreed. I moved it to a warmer spot last night and it’s still not budging. I’ve kegged beers that looked more active than this, but kegging 72 hours in seems ludicrous. I’ll give it till this weekend at least, and do a hydrometer sample one more time. Im guessing it’ll come out at 1.010 again...

You’ve inspired me to brew this again this summer. Any advice on hop schedule? Thanks.

Thanks for the confirmations. It is just crazy how “done” it is after only 48 hours. It’s not “finishing up” - this sucker is finished.

Just saw this. My notes indicate that I didn’t like it early on (at 2-3 months age) due to some “misbalance” between malt flavors and hop flavors. I did 3:1 CaCl to gypsum on water additions so it should have accentuated the maltiness. It really dried out (1.062 to 1.008) in attenuation. I noted...

Just used Imperial A09 pub ale in a relatively standard pale ale recipe. First time using Imperial Pub yeast. I PITCHED ON SATURDAY (1.052 OG) AND 48 HOURS LATER IT IS AT 1.010 SG AND APPEARS TO BE DONE. I checked it tonight after dinner and was shocked. No krausen or any activity. The trub...

I ended up doing 1 ounce Zeus whole leaf hops for bittering and 10 ounces whole leaf Chinook, Centennial and Cascade hops at flame out for a 20 minute hot steep. I let them float free in the wort with me stirring and “dunking” them during the hot steep. I then strained them out and let the wort...

I like Bully! as well. I haven’t had it for several months, but a couple of thoughts based on memory: As noted by the others, that’s lots of chocolate. I’m wondering if you could cut it in half. Also, I recall a touch of burnt, roast malt in the Bully! flavor. I’m wondering if maybe a few ounces...

Here is a thread with a recipe for Darkness https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/surly-darkness-recipe.273322/#10 gallon igloo cooler mash tunpost-5232934

Recipe looks great. In regards to your question, as with lots of things, “it depends”. Based on my experience, and your notes, 65% sounds about right. 25 lbs is about the most grain I can use in my setup (10 gallon igloo cooler mash tun) and still get my desired 1.25 qts / lb. On big beers...

Lol. What’s that like 3 pellets ? “Leave no hop behind!”

Also, malt bill and hops look good. Congratulaions to you and your wife.

How is 0.02 oz of leftover Simcoe even possible? That’s a story I want to hear.

If you do mineral adjustments, another option is to increase the chloride to sulfate ratio. This will increase the maltiness perception compared to bitterness. Based on my brewing water profile, for malty beers, I’ll typically add 1 - 1.5 tsp CaCl to the mash for a 5 gallon batch. EDIT: I just...

If you think it’s too bitter, I’d agree with this. Maybe cut the 60 minute addition in half, and add the remaining hops at flameout. Sterling hops have a nice flavor that more flameout additions will enhance without the perceived bitterness.

Do I need a longer (or hotter) hop stand since the leaf hop lupulin glands aren’t as “available” as they are in pellets?

This is actually pretty brilliant. It can’t be too hard to fish them out with my giant strainer.

I have the large capacity siphon and I could definitely do that. With my typical process, I just look at it as one more thing to clean. This time, it’s probably a good idea.