i ran off a little more than i planned. 8.5 gallons.
gravity was 1.076 so it's a little low. it was windy and i wasn't sure how hard i was going to have to boil it to get keep the flame from blowing out.
my hops were:
2.0 oz. galena 90 min
.5 oz galena 30min
.75 oz. cluster 30 min
since i'm almost done with lb. bags of chinook and fuggle i used them to try a sub of simcoe.
so it was 1/3 equal portions of fuggle, chinook and galena totalling 1.5 oz.
added that at 5 min.
at flameout i added 1.5 oz amarillo and 1.5 oz cluster.
cooled to ~80* in 20 minutes.
whirlpool and then dumped beer in fermenter leaving break and hop material in the kettle.
got 6 gallons in the fermenter.
i made starter of wlp023, last time i used it i got too many esters from fermenting too warm.
so i'm thinking i'll keep it cool and it'll be fine.
shouldn't have had that last beer while brewing because i completely spaced working too fast and pitched my starter in the fermenter when it was @77*
oh well, it was cooled to about 68* by the morning, airlock wasn't bubbling and no krausen, gave it a slight swirl and it let off alot of co2.
later that day krausen was big and it's been going strong for three days now at ~66*, just last night i let it start warming so it's around 70-71* now.
i'll give it another day or two and i'll dry hop with 3 or 4 ounces in primary. big dry hop coz i think the yeast might cover up some of the hops.