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You'll find that any harshness you get from the darker grains just disappear. Its super SMOOOOOOTH! Have fun Cheers Jay

Personally I would pass on it. I personally don't open a fermenter once the yeast is in unless I am dry hopping or adding a finish yeast. But if you do go for it just keep things clean and sanitary and you'll be fine. Cheers Jay

Try the 12hr cold steep method. It will blow you away! Cheers Jay

RIGHT! I gotta tell ya Helles is a favorite style.. It is fairly easy to brew a good one. Choose your yeast wisely and nail the water profile and ferment temps and you'll crush this style. Really fairly easy since its such a malt forward beer. Cheers Jay

I wonder how many of us are left from the first page of this thread? :)

Been playing around with really high hydration. Such a fun hobby! I was given 500# of really good bread flour. I gave 400# of it away to friends. Playing with bread has never been more fun!

I mean between RIMS and HERMS... Thrifty RIMS all the way :) https://www.norcalbrewingsolutions.com/store/Jaybird-Thrifty-RIMS-110-Volt-Kit.html Cheers Jay

https://www.norcalbrewingsolutions.com/store/CO2-Carbon-Dioxide-Harvester-Kit.html I use this with 1/2 gallon caning jars :) Cheers Jay

Thank you! I am still using 1 as well for various things around the brewery and distillery.

EXCELLENT! Lets see a picture of that bad boy! Cheers Jay

I came up with a pretty cool multi use tool in the brewery.... sparge, rack and whirlpool with the same tool. totally adjustable Just change the way you put it in the kettle. We are building these to YOUR specs for YOUR kettle. This can get your sparge plate down to about 1/2 the kettle depth...

I'm biased but I LOVE LOVE LOVE my Whirlpool master paddle for my mash! https://www.norcalbrewingsolutions.com/store/Whirlpool-Master-Beer-Brewing-Paddle.html Cheers Jay

Well well well party people.. Any of you doing essential oil extraction? Want to step up your game and add about 30-40% more oils to your extractions over maceration? I was contacted by a customer on IG and asked if we could build a true Soxhlet out of Tri Clover fittings. Well here it is. I...

OMG! DUDE!!!!! I am just now seeing this! FK this SUCKS!!! How are you healing up? Cheers Jay

Ohh this is so cool! Nice job! Cheers Jay

What sanitizer do you use? Cheers Jay

Welcome! Cider is fun and can be tasty for sure. What problems have you encountered? Have you tried to dial in a ferment removing some of the variables and obstacles? like dialing in fermentation temp control (I think is VERY important) and maybe just buying some cider juice that you know is...

I don't have any intentions on getting one. I just can't see the bennies. Or I guess I do see a few of them but the downside outweighs the up IMHO. That damn Tesla Plaid looks like a fun toy though I'll tell ya that. Cheers Jay

^^^^^^^^ What they said^^^^^^ :) Cheers Jay

Insta freeze as soon as the wort hits the coil plugging it, would be my concern.