Recent content by jonkranked

just following up here - last night i kegged the IPA that i dry hopped with fresh hops. turned out great! could have done a little better job filtering out (just a few hop flakes here and there; those should settle and come out the first few pints). next time i'll use a mesh bag.

i'm using fresh hops for the first time as well this year - started a mini hop yard of centennial, cascade, and chinook. I'm "dry" hopping with them. The first harvest i used was centennial, and i added them right off the bine (almost - gave them about 30 min in a dehydrator to encourage any...

i've done a number of NB recipes, and i've found i get fewer off flavors by using secondary, as well as getting better clarity. to be fair, i also began using yeast starters around the same time - so it may have been a combination. YMMV.

hi ukaH, i actually just brewed this same recipe myself, and its currently sitting in secondary. gravity was 1.018 when i racked to secondary, and this was after active fermentation ended and the krausen went down. i had it in primary for about 6 days (this was with a 1L yeast starter). so you...