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In the latest video on treehouse’s YouTube channel, Nate mentioned that if stored properly with low DO, hoppy beers should be able to last ~three months

Thanks for the tips! I’ve only brewed with 34/70 once before and it definitely had more sulphur than I cared for. I’ll keep it unpressurized for longer than I normally do and see if that helps. Totally understand the galaxy comments. I’ve got a hodge podge of bags of it, different years, each...

Planning a semi-modern west coaster this week as a sort of “freezer clean out.” I’ll be using 34/70, but I was wondering what temperatures people have had success with. It seems like the low 60s is common? For water, I’m thinking 200:50 SO4:CL, starting with RO. Would you treat the PH...

How did you come across the freestyle hops? I've looked on their website and they don't nickel and dime, only 20kg bags! That's a bit more that I need at the moment 😂

I had the same issue with clogging poppets. I tried using one of those tri clamp gaskets that has a filter, which worked but clogged quickly. In December I moved over to this massive filter, which has made the process a lot smoother. My only issue is that I don't like all that weight hanging off...

Filled it out

This was a recommendation for a NEIPA.

Yea I think this would give you a good idea. I had suspected that my Nelson was bad after I made a batch with it and it tasted awful. This test definitely confirmed that that bag of hops was no good. Better than screwing up 5 more gallons.

I had a few pounds of new hops from the YVH Black Friday sale, and some random ones I wanted to compare. I decided to do the old “dry hop some tasteless beer” test. Methodology: I dumped some beer out, then added 5g to each can and screwed the cap back on. Left the cans for about 36 hours at...

What yeast do you typically prefer, 1272?

Voss will give some orange notes, so if you want that it’s great, if you don’t I would recommend another yeast. If you are adjusting your ph, I believe kveik drops the ph more than LAIII or similar British ale yeasts, so you might not need to adjust down so much to prepare for the dry hop...

Following up on this setup - so far I’ve only dumped trub/yeast, but it’s been working very well. Close the top valve and open the bottom, no wort punching through, and I also know exactly how much each dump will remove (700ml).

Here’s what I’m going to try next time. Need to think about it a bit more since it extends low enough that I can’t use my elbow without undoing it. Should be too much of an issue though.

I’ve considered this, I actually tried with an air hammer held up to it, but it sprays oil everywhere so I quickly abandoned that. I’m also slightly hesitant to google vibrators 😂, but if anyone has a good suggestion of what to use I’m all ears.

lol good point. They are polished, but i bought mine used, so i was wondering if i could improve upon it.