Recent content by f_stepanski

Why not brew your IPA as normal and skip dry hopping all together. If your beer ends up oxygenated then the problem may not be in your dry hopping process. Or brew a beer you normally do not dry hop & add a dry hop step. Just a couple troubleshooting steps to consider.....

Rather than DME try orange blossom honey. ..

Safale 05 and 04 fermentation range is (53.6-77°F) so you are well in there for those strains.. May take longer at lower temps but you should be good. I would not go up to 70 as flavor profile may change at upper end.....

I kegged my beer. It did not really come to life until it reached 3 weeks of conditioning; patience was a virtue. Took 2nd place (out of 11) in Pale Ale category, all comments were "to was too hoppy for Pale Ale", but is was delicious.....

As a last step of keg cleaning I fill it completely with sanitizer. Let sit for couple minutes; then using a picnic tap on liquid side and CO2 on gas I purge. I usually wait till I have to clean a couple kegs, so sanitizer goes from keg 1 to keg 2, etc..

Used recipie on page 1 as baseline. Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: Safale S04 Batch Size (Gallons): 5.5 Original Gravity: 1.060 Final Gravity: 1.018 IBU: ??? Boiling Time (Minutes): 60 Primary Fermentation (10 of Days @ 65F) Added Dry hops to primary on Day 10 6 lb 2 Row 6 lb...

So many variables.. My guess as to why it did not blow immediately... As the gas was entering the carboy the pressure in carboy was low, over time pushing beer into the keg the pressure (granted though small) was building, and gas, like electricity & water look for the path of least...

Could have been couple factors, some ideas to look at... Was the Keg and carboy on same level? (keg higher = back pressure. Does the pressure relief valve allow the flow of escaping gas = the supply? (could create back pressure). Suggest running a couple trial runs using water. Transferring...

Thanks for the update/progress picks. Great setup so far...