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If I remember correctly, we used the same bucket and wand for both sub-batches. PS. Is sub-batch even a real term?! ;-)

We brewed a 10 gallon batch of a DIPA. After brewing, and pitching, we split the batch into two 5 gallon buckets to ferment. After primary fermentation, we dry hopped each of the 5 gallon sub-batches (using different hops in each to see the level of difference it made in the beer). Once we...

I made a Vanilla Porter about a year ago. Porter was dark but pretty basic to focus on the vanilla. I split the beans and soaked in just enough Vodka to cover the beans... Basically by doing so you are making a vanilla extract. The beans soaked for about a week (during primary ferm) and then...