Recent content by Adam Zerwick

Any recommendations on ratios for whirlpool and dry hop for a 7% NEIPA for the following combos: Citra/Nelson Citra/Nelson/Nectaron I also have Riwaka, Strata, Mosaic, Galaxy, HBC386 I can throw in the mix.

Do you have reflectix directly floating on the mash liquid? If not could you post a pic of what's underneath it? I have a similar setup and couldn't really find a good solution for a mash cap over the recirc manifold. Thx.

Appreciate the advice and I might just do that. Maybe this is a bad idea but I was also considering just using Elani in WP and DH.

Anybody have experience using Elani hops in a NEIPA? Was planning on trying 2:1 Elani and Nectaron for both WP and DH.

This sounds fantastic! What temps and duration are you using for your dry hop? Do these change for WCIPA vs. NEIPA?

What do you suppose is the benefit of grinding the hops? Is it that they stay in suspension instead of sinking at the colder dry hop temps? More surface area? I might just give this a shot on my next IPA. What method do you use to get the ground dry hops into the beer?

Bathtub beer A bit too extreme for me!

You aren't the only one! My apartment has carpet in every room except the kitchen and bathrooms and this bathroom is conveniently located right next to the dryer where I grab 240v from. Who needs a utility sink when you've got a big ass tub in the room! I remember thinking about brewing in...

I've done this for my last 2 dry hopped beers, granted they were a WCIPA and WC pilsner, and didn't notice any negative impact for the month or so they were on tap. Each of them had the dry hop keg loaded with dry hops, ALDC, and biofine at beginning of fermentation and was purged using...

Agreed. One thing to think about is there can be significantly much less fermentation CO2 available after a straight fermentation CO2 purge vs. pushing sanitizer. Really just depends on your situation whether this is even applicable.

Pushing uphill should avoid starting a siphon. Not sure if a siphon is even a possibility with the closed system (sealed keg fermenter, sealed keg with sanitizer, empty keg or bucket with end of hose submerged in pushed sanitizer) but I'd like to avoid it. The idea of pushing sanitizer is you...

Yeah I hear you. I only purge one keg at a time. After each keg is purged, I'll disconnect that one and hook up the keg that was just filled, following my method I mentioned above. One downside is that you do have to switch kegs out but since I work from home most days I can be around to...

It definitely works... I do it all the time. My method is to let the fermentation get to a calculated gravity while using a blowoff tube. At that point I'll disconnect the blowoff and let a little pressure build in the fermentation keg for about 10 minutes. Then I'll set a keg filled with...

My bad... I didn't read your previous comment carefully enough. My comment was from me thinking you were using fermentation co2 to push starsan from one keg to another.

Does this create a siphon? A vacuum? 🤔