Recent content by mijclarke

Hmm, I brewed in January and did a 3oz dry hop of nectaron that didn’t give off diesel but I fermented too warm and transferred on Day 2 to keg (with spunding valve) and the beer was yeast forward which may have covered up some diesel taste. Memorial day I brewed Nates Tree House IPA and was...

Sorry to shift gears but question on dry hopping. If you did moderate pressure fermentation with spunding valve on corny keg would the CO2 in solution help offer some protection if you carefully cracked lid and added dry hop? Would also flush headspace with CO2 afterwards

Pitched two packets of Omegas tropical ipa yeast to a 1.062 wort around 75 degrees Monday night. Left in wrapped in blanket by heating vent and it got up to 88 Tuesday evening when I got back from work so I immediately unwrapped it and brought to basement till it was around 82 and brought it...

Drank two bottles since my last post. First one (capped 12oz bottle) was near bottom of keg and bc floating dip tube wasn't fully submerged the bottle filled with alot of foam. Fortunately it didn't seem oxidized (if it were hopped more and had oats I think it probably would have because I...

Happy to report that the beer has a nice amount of bitterness and hopefully what I bottled doesn’t oxidize. Dry hop and sitting on hops for a week may have transformed it closer to a west coast

I was planning a juicy west coast style but bc of higher mash temp, hop selection and warmer fermentation temp, it seems to be trending toward a clear NEIPA. On day 8 it tasted kind of like a Hefeweizen and smelling it on Day 10 it’s very pineapple juice like. I used 1oz each of Amarillo and...

Just to report back this beer turned out great and although I didn’t take a FG I suspect the gravity from day 10 was not read correctly bc I didn’t remove any dissolved CO2

clicked on a link in a different thread (forgot where) and it took me to a comprehensive website that showed flavor profiles of all the hops. That’s when I decided to find 3 hops that have fruity/non spicy profiles (besides citra and mosaic since I’m very familiar with them). The hops that...

I wish I had transferred earlier so the active yeast could scrub some of the oxygen. Unfortunately I fermented a bit warm and transferred on day 6. Gravity at transfer was 1.016 and since I mashed too high as well I don’t see the gravity getting below 1.014 with my Omega west coast ale yeast...

I made a mistake yesterday doing an open transfer from SS conical to corny keg. Was just gravity draining fermenter into large top lid of keg and at about half way full I decided to attach CO2 for some purging. Had the posts mixed and my beer erupted with CO2 forced out at bottom of keg by dip...

Im not familiar with a keg washer but the FLOTit 2.0 dip tube would likely slide off post unless you secured it with some kind of clamp that’s not included with dip tube. And on the other end the tube could detach from filter

sometimes my imagination runs wild and then reality comes crashing down. Yea that hole is too small and squeezing them through with positive air pressure sounds kind of landing a red ring on a glass bottle at the carnival. I appreciate the civil responses as alot of people wouldn’t bite their...

May not be possible but has anyone thought of trying to add small hop pellets into gas post of corny keg while simultaneously pushing some CO2 into keg through PRV valve? So you’re gently purging while adding hops? I know it’s a very tight fit but maybe with a long narrow tube they could fall...

I have conical fermenter, a corny keg with spunding valve and a CO2 tank. I don’t have an attachment for fermenter to perform a closed transfer. I’m worried about oxidation from soft crashing and then adding 2oz dry hop. Any advice on how to proceed that doesn’t involve much added cost?

Thanks for the reply. Just tasted it last night and not a bit of bitterness. I know previously using Vic secret snd mosaic I had hops in my keg that didn’t go bitter for a couple weeks so I’m not too worried anymore for this batch (mosaic and centennial). However if I don’t drink within a...