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david_42: My hop schedule for a 1.5 gallon batch was: 0.25oz Warrior 60 min. 0.25oz Warrior 15 min. 0.25oz Warrior 10 min. 0.25oz Warrior 5 min. 1.00oz Amarillo Flameout 2.00 Amarillo Dry Hop The other was: 0.5oz Citra 30 min 0.5oz Citra Flameout 1.00 Citra Dry Hop 1.00...

How much is enough to get a characteristic west coast aroma and flavour? I'm currently drinking two 1.5 gallon experimental batches I've made. I dry hopped both with 2 oz of hops (1 batch was 2 oz of Amarillo, the other 1oz of Citra, 1 oz of Amarillo) and there is very little hop flavour or...

Is that 5 pounds of centennial hops? Nice.

I did use dry yeast without rehydrating and I do remember some hitting the neck. I sincerely hope that's the only issue. Thanks for the quick responses guys. Cheers!

All righty. In theory if those spots don't grow any bigger they won't touch the beer. It's just a little worrisome that they weren't there this morning. Is it time to worry if they grow bigger or more of them show up though?

So I took a peek at the fermenter when I got home from work today and saw a bunch of these little white spots all centered in the neck. These dots were not in the fermenter this morning before I went to work. Please tell me this isn't mold. And if this is mold, is there a way to get rid of...

I'll be using US-05.

How much head space should one leave in a glass carboy? I will be using an airlock and not a blow off hose. Is 4.5 gallons safe or should i drop it down to 4 gallons? Cheers!

So here's what I have on hand: 5 pounds of Briess Amber DME 1 pound of Amarillo Hops 1 pound of Caramel 10 1oz of Warrior Hops 3 oz of Citra Hops 1 packet of US-05 Anyone have any ideas on what the best combination would be for these ingredients? I am a fan of big, hoppy, west...

Thanks for the reply. Cheers.

Fermenter size. So I bought two, 2 gallon plastic fermenters today, and I'm curious as to how much actual beer these can ferment without blowing the lid off. I was going to do 1.5 gallons. Is a 0.5 gallon head space enough? And on temperature. I have a laser thermometer that tells the...