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And I'm sorry that pictures keep posting upside down... I'll turn my iPad around next time!

I thought I cleaned it thoroughly, maybe not enough. Something I'll focus on before the next brew. That said, I just did a 48 hr PBW soak and the black line left behind from the (mold?) is now gone. You can kind of see where the line was, but that's just a different shade of stainless steel now...

Thanks. How did your beer turn out? Over time and subsequent batches? I haven't tasted mine yet

I've got teh same thing from my first batch in my new Blichman Fermenator...

For the record, that's not my clone recipe, it's just the one I'm using

For the record, that's the recipe I'm using, i did not develop that clone recipe

Ya, planned on using a hops bag. Thanks for the advice

Thanks LL Here's my clone recipe: http://boykingbrewhaus.com/2015/11/01/recipe-grapefruit-sculpin-clone-2/ I'm just adding the zest of two grapefruits and the juice from one one grapefruit (plus hops, of course). Shouldn't soak up too much

Good deal, thanks @LLBeanJ. I'll probably add the hops/fresh squeezed grapefruit juice tomorrow. @eadavis80: it's a Ballast Point clone here http://boykingbrewhaus.com/2015/11/01/recipe-grapefruit-sculpin-clone-2/. I'm just using the zest of two full grapefruits and the juice from one of...

So currently I'm doing a Grapefruit Sculpin Clone, requires dry hopping, naturally. It's been in primary for 6 days, probably needs one more day to reach my FG. I've always transferred into secondary for dry hop. So what I'm hearing/reading is just keep the batch in the primary fermenter...