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I've got a couple mason jars of oak cubes sitting in bourbon that are like 2 years old. I am moving soon. Any reason I should save these. If I want to make a bourbon stout in the future (which of course I will), is a 2 year old bourbon oak cube any better than a 2 month old cube?

Hey - yeah, if you are taking gravity samples along the way make sure you temperature correct them. Brewfather's estiamtes will be based on room temperature, so if it says your expected pre-boil gravity is 1.040, it means for a hydrometer calibrated to 68F and for a sample measured at 68F. If...

I followed what David Heath proposed on YouTube, which is to dump the liquid yeast into a sanitized mason jar and put it in the fridge to settle out, then take a small spoon full of the yeast layer. So a very small fraction of the overall pouch for a 5.5 gal batch. Seemed insanely low to me...

Yup, I massively underpitched it. And I didnt apply active heating, just pitched at 86F and kept it insulated, so I'm sure that's largely responsible. I will probably get a heating pad for my next kveik batch.

I bottled it. Ive opened a couple bottles so far to see how its coming and its still pretty flat. But this is an IPA I intend to drink really quickly anyway.

Cool, good to know!

I say that because of all the beers I've made with kveik, the all grains hit predicted final gravity, but the extracts finished way higher. They say kveik needs excessive nutrients and extract doesnt have much.

Nope, used a hydrometer 3 days in a row all the same reading. My guess is just that even with all the added yeast nutrient, extract brews don't work well with Kveik, and also I think I let the temp drop too quickly, but I don't have a heating pad at the moment, so couldn't prevent that. Oh well...

Cool. I bottled it. Ill report back on how it comes out.

I brewed an IPA with Hornindal. OG 1.074. Expected FG 1.015. Added 2 teaspoons of White Labs yeast nutrient to boil. Splashed and shook vigorously to oxygenate. Pitched yeast at 86F, put in fermenter bag with some hot water bottles and let it ride. I added dry hops on day 4. I planned to...

Cool thanks! Yeah I've been dealing with this infection for a while now. On my last batch I eliminated all variables, I cleaned and sanitized everything meticulously and I boiled anything that could be. I went as over the top as possible even misting the air with star san like a maniac. Still...

Good idea. I hadn't thought of that. I've grown to think I've got a wild yeast that is resistant to star san and so figured I'd use iodophor for a couple batches to see what happens. But, in theory I could also disinfect some equipment with star san at super high concentrations. I've got a...

I'm switching to iodophor to try and get rid of an infection that star san doesn't seem to work on. Can't seem to find a consensus on whether to go with 12.5 or 25 ppm. Is it better to use the stronger concentration to be sure it's effective? Is it still okay to use as a no rinse at 25 ppm? Any...

Has anyone tried co-pitching these two, or any other combination of NEIPA strains? I'm curious to try it...