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A while back I really wanted to find a second style I could brew with London III/Juice so I wouldn't have to buy as many strains, so I decided to brew an ordinary bitter with it. Marris Otter and a touch of C20, Fuggles and EKG. It came out very hazy and drank kind of like a session hazy pale...

A while back I really wanted to find a second style I could brew with London III/Juice so I wouldn't have to buy as many strains, so I decided to brew an ordinary bitter with it. Marris Otter and a touch of C20, Fuggles and EKG. It came out very hazy and drank kind of like a session hazy pale...

I just tried Bissell Brothers Swish for the first time and wow... what a fantastic beer. All the classic juicy tropical fruit flavors, but a little resiny pine and a much crisper body than a lot hazies. It reminds me a bit of Heady Topper and Sticky Hands which are two of my all time favorites...

I went 110:40 sulfate:chloride and it was perfect for me

Looks great. What kind of aromas and flavors are you getting?

This looks excellent! Its nice to see an updated Pliny recipe that doesn't have like 0.75 oz dry hop.

I actually love candy sweetness from hops, like El Dorado, as long as its balanced. So if Krush is contributing some of that, then I'm into it.

Imperial Juice, pretty much the only yeast I use for hazies.

Citra/Krush Hazy Update 10 lb Pils 5 lb Malted oat 3 lb Wheat 3 lb Flaked oat 0.5 lb Lactose 0.15 oz Colombus 60 min (6 IBU) 2 oz Citra WP @ 170 (20 min) 2 oz Krush Lupomax WP @ 170 (20 min) 4 oz Citra DH 2 oz Citra Lupomax DH 6 oz Krush DH 2 oz Krush Lupomax DH Imperial Juice 100:250...

I think grain bill is one of the bigger factors for me. When I've gone up to 50% oat/wheat, my F.G. is much higher than a more typical mostly 2 row/pils bill.

I added 0.5 lb lactose, so I would have ended around 1.021 without it which is WAY higher than my typical 1.013-1.014 even mashing at 150. I built a pretty big 2 step starter but it overflowed quite a bit, so I may have underpitched. 9 days in the keg, it doesn't taste seriously flawed or...

Anyone got any tips for a kegged hazy with too high of a F.G.? I was expecting a bit more attenuation, added lactose, and ended up with a 7.5% hazy at 1.024. Maybe it will turn out ok on its own, but wondering if there's much that can be done.

One of the best beers I ever made was a spruce tip wild ale. I soaked a ton of spruce tips in gin to make a tincture, and I think this technique would work well in other styles too. I wrote about it here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/spruce-wild-ale.654193/#post-8369450

Some of these solutions seem way overcomplicated to me. I've been using mylar balloons that cost 36 cents a piece on amazon, fill them with a little co2 from the tank (it doesn't take much at all), and then tape it to a hose and connect to the fermentation vessel...

I just brewed a double hazy with the hop schedule below, all 2024 Krush. Fingers crossed, I've absolutely loved the combo in commercial beers. 0.15 oz Colombus 60 min (6 IBU) 2 oz Citra WP @ 170 (20 min) 2 oz Krush Lupomax WP @ 170 (20 min) 4 oz Citra DH 2 oz Citra Lupomax DH 6 oz Krush DH 2 oz...