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  1. DaWhip

    Cinnamon Toast Crunch or Oreo Milk Stout

    Dang, I have Oreo Milk Stout high on my list of future brews. Subscribed to see how it works for you. My plan is to use the Left Hand Milk Stout Clone recipe from the forum here and add the oreos. I plan on adding a full package of Oreos with about 5 minutes left in the boil. I haven't...
  2. DaWhip

    Yeast Starter Problems?

    #1 - No worries. It will be just fine, especially if you let it settle and decant before pitching, but it will be fine anyway. #2 - Never used Wyeast, so I can't help you.
  3. DaWhip

    Off flavor everytime

    Do you remove your kettle from your flame/heat source while adding your extract? Over caramelization can occur really quickly when the extract hits the bottom of your kettle before it gets mixed in well which can impart burnt/bitter flavor. That is the "extract flavor" to me and is pretty easy...
  4. DaWhip

    A Good Source for Education on Hops

    Designing Great Beers by Ray Daniels is a good source. More info than I can digest in one go for sure. I haven't read the Hops book from the brewing elements series, but I have flipped though it and it looks great. Links Designing Great Beers: The Ultimate Guide to Brewing Classic Beer Styles...
  5. DaWhip

    Pressurized Closed Loop Corny Keg Fermenting

    Good idea on the stir plate. I have a vacuum sealer attachment for my mason jars and that also works well for pulling the CO2 out if I am in a hurry to get the sample, but I usually just pull it and let it sit for a while and get back to it later. I'm going to give the fermcap a try tonight...
  6. DaWhip

    Pressurized Closed Loop Corny Keg Fermenting

    Offering my experience with a slightly different process. I use pressure fermentation for all styles now because I like having beer carbed as soon as fermentation is complete and cleaning the cornys is a breeze. You may have to tweak temps up to get appropriate flavors for some styles, but...
  7. DaWhip

    Pressurized Closed Loop Corny Keg Fermenting

    Good Post! I like the idea of having a thread just for the corny fermenters. I follow a pretty similar practice as your post above, but I have not modified any of kegs. I haven't had any problems with the long dip tubes, I just have to dump the first bit that comes out of the lines, usually...
  8. Corny Keg Pressure Fermentation

    Corny Keg Pressure Fermentation

  9. DaWhip

    wilserbrewer BIAB Bags, Superbowl Sale and Free Pool Giveaway

    Falcons 45 62 days, 13 hours, and 52 minutes till first pitch of baseball season.
  10. DaWhip

    Mangrove Jack's Bohemian Lager M84 Dry Yeast

    Out of curiosity, can you post a brief recipe and your temp schedule? I am still a few weeks from drinking my first brew with this yeast, but I haven't picked up any flavors like that in samples I tasted. I was planning on reusing the yeast, and I'd like to avoid whatever temps you used...
  11. DaWhip

    Small batch

    I can't speak to your question, but a suggestion along those lines would be to ferment in a corny keg. a 3gal batch is a great, easy size to ferment in a 5gal corny and they are way cheaper than the brewtech stuff. I do 5 gal pressure fermentations in a corny, but it will be fine without the...
  12. DaWhip

    Fast Ferment Continuous Brew project

    I don't think O2 would be an issue. It would get used up when you added the next brew. Probably should be aerating the new brew too. I was kicking a similar idea around with my FF and 1 gal batches, but never got around to it. If I were doing I think I would skid the secondary. Get it...
  13. DaWhip

    IBU Math / Only Late Additions

    Updating for posterity - The beer has been lagering a week now and there is still strong hop aroma * flavor in samples I've tasted. I'm pressure fermenting in a corny keg, so that probably helps. I do feel like I got hop flavors that I wanted without a very bitter beer which is what I was...
  14. DaWhip

    recipes without early bittering hop addition?

    I have one lagering now that followed this idea. Here is a link to the thead with the recipe I used and some answers I got to the same question. I'll update when I start drinking the beer. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=599086&highlight=math
  15. DaWhip

    Use of UPS for Beverage Center

    I think an appropriately sized UPC would be fine, but an inkbird would be cheaper and my ITC 308 holds the last programmed temp when unplugged and plugged back in. No help for a long term outage, but that doesn't sound like what you are dealing with.
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