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One of the fine fellows at my LHBS/soon-to-be-brewpub just told me today that 1469 is going to be available year round now.

Had a couple Snow Days while brewing and now I'm going to celebrate the end of a long brew night with a Ten Fidy before bed.

I have a big IPA mashing right now. I'm going to continuously hop with Pacific Jade.

Bayern Brewing Doppelbock

Welcome from a transplanted Cornhusker! Lots of good homebrewers in Lincoln.

Wait, are you asking if you should make a starter for bottling? Even for a higher alcohol beer just rehydrating about 1/2 a packet of dry yeast should be enough for bottling.

I do it the same way as OP. I bottled 1117, a RIS, last week.

Hair of the Dog Doggie Claws is my current fave.

It's called Sixteen Tons, about two blocks south of the Stein. The Stein has a much bigger bottle selection but if you want to have a pint or fill a growler or jar, Sixteen Tons is a nice place to hit up.

Nah, copied from the website. They update it whenever they change kegs.

Reading this thread makes me feel even more lucky that I can go into my local tap house with a growler from anywhere and fill it with any of the 18 beers they currently have on tap. Today I could get: Full Sail Lupulin Fresh Hop Oakshire Ill-tempered Gnome Firestone Walker Reserve Porter...

Yeah, I wouldn't have racked it but I wanted to use the yeast and didn't have time to bottle and brew before going out of town and brewing is more fun.:D I wonder if my measurement was off somehow because it certainly tasted drier than 1.1016. Transplanted Husker here. Have fun in MSP. One...

I just racked it to secondary on Friday so I could use the yeast in a Strong Dark. I will hopefully be bottling it this weekend. The hydrometer sample tasted amazing. FG was only 1.016 which seems a little high. How did yours finish? Minnesota this weekend, huh? Headed to the Husker game...

Last night/early this morning I brewed a Belgian Strong Dark using the 3522 cake from the batch of Surly Cynic clone I just bottled.

Celebrating my successful brew night with a Stone 15th Anniversary Imperial Black IPA before bed.