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Freeze a few water bottles to drop into the swamp cooler every few hours as well. This helped me get fermentation room temps down from 73 to 64.

Why do they list Corn Sugar and Dextrose separately/

Have you tried swirling the carboy gently once a day, trying to get them to settle? Other than that, try a hop bag over the end of siphon/racking cane?

So I opened two that had been in my fridge for a few days today. Tomorrow is the 3 week mark so will put a few more in tomorrow. But of the 2 I opened today, both have been in fridge for the same amount of time, 4-5 days. One gushed and I lost half the beer down the sink, was overcarbonated like...

I should have used a blow off tube instead of the aluminum foil! Got home and the gallon jug had blown the foil off it's top. Krausen spilled down the sides. Hoping it didn't get infected...

So starter's got a nice layer of foam on the top and yeast on the bottom today, fizzed up a bunch when I shook it this morning. I had some Wyeast Nutrients laying around so threw a bit in there when it cooled yesterday. I have another vial of the WLP001 I was saving for the next brew day, but I...

Is plastic gallon jugs okay for this? Largest mason jar only fits about .75L

The DME I use for the starter. Should it be additional DME? Or should it come out of the DME I use in the recipe, and if so - the late addition or the part that is boiled for the entire time?

Okay, it just arrived today so it hasn't really been "cold" I put it in the fridge upon arrival but it was only in there maybe 30 mins. Warming up now and I'll make the starter ASAP. Thanks! edit:according to use by date, the yeast is about 3.5 weeks old, would have been bottled on the 3rd...

So, brewday is Sunday. Gunning for a IIPA using WLP001. Was planning on making a starter as recommended. How to brew says to take it out of fridge at least 2 days prior. The instructions on the yeast say to remove it from fridge 3-6 hours prior to use. Which is right? If I warm it to...

I had the same issue with my Caribou Slobber, but same as you, only waited 2 weeks in bottles. Theres 2 more in my fridge I'm letting sit for a few days there, but the rest are still in the closet conditioning at ~65F for another week or two.

Hmm, maybe brewtarget's calculations are off? That gives me a FG of 1.023 in Brewtarget. ABV is at 8.9 though.

I've been playing around with the grain/extract bill to try to get the FG down a bit, to at least 1.016. Any way I can get this down there the ABV drops down a little bit too low for my liking. I'm using BrewTarget not Beersmith, not sure if that changes anything. Any suggestions on the...

Final update, acquired all the ingredients and will be brewing this up next weekend Thanks again for the help everyone! Mosaic IIPA - Imperial IPA ---- Batch Size: 5.000 gal Boil Size: 6.000 gal Boil Time: 60.000 min Efficiency: 70% OG: 1.081 FG: 1.020 ABV: 7.9% Bitterness: 95.0 IBUs (Tinseth)...