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@robbycomstock the meeting your mention is a new home brew club?

The white layer you're referring to looks like a nice yeast bed. The darker layer under the white yeast leader would be the protein and hops settlement.

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Very true and you're correct in that I don't need to CIP. My reason for wanting to utilize a CIP procedure is simply ease of cleaning and dialing in the mechanics of it. Easy enough to pop off the lid and pour in some cleaning solution, but that's not as fun as having a sweet CIP that I just...

Hops additions after the boil shouldn't be an issue as they are naturally antibacterial. Now if they were added using a hops bag or some other type container that wasn't sanitized that could present an issue. After battling a few band aid batches myself I am very keen on water treatment. Using...

I have encountered this same problem several times as well. I have always chalked it up to an infection that my beer caught after racking into the keg as the beer tasted fine prior to racking. However, another thought is that the flavor doesn't become noticeable until late into the fermentation...

I have the 7gal conical and am on my second batch in it ATM. I am very impressed with it's performence and IMHO my beer tastes better because of it, of course I'm sure it's just my imagination. Anyway, I'm looking at a solid CIP procedure and am wondering about using a spray ball affixed to the...

What items do you have left? Brewing up something special 🍻🍻🍻

BBoPP is an active club in COS. Go to meetup.com and you can find them there as they do a majority of communication trough that site. There are events almost weekly you can attend. Brewing up something special 🍻🍻🍻

+1 on the HBT brew magic thread! Brewing up something special 🍻🍻🍻

I'll have to give that a try on my next brew session. I just don't like the idea of using a hops bag or some other sort of devise to manage my break/hops material. Brewing up something special 🍻🍻🍻

Hello all and thanks for this great thread. I recently purchased a brew magic along with the chill wizard and after clogging the chiller during my first batch, which I later back flushed to clear, I have since been using hops bags. I've been looking for a solution to this issue as I don't like...

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First let me say I'm a first time poster on here! :rocking: I recently moved to the fountain/widefield area and have widefield water as my source. I have been trying to locate a water report without success. Does any of my fellow All grain brewers have any info regarding the water in my area...