Recent content by tgrizelj

Most recent was a Hefeweizen. I've got a NEIPA in the works. A new corny would be great, thank you!

I don't pick up sulfur notes at 0.7 dose. The number you read would be about 1/2 a tablet which seems like a good way to go.

I crush a campden tablet between 2 spoons and combine 70% that powder to my final dry hop dose (which I then CO2 purge in my dry hopper before dropping the hops+powder into the fementer). It may be overkill but along with my other precautions I've been mostly avoiding oxidation issues. I read...

Lot's of great info here. Like some others have mentioned, I'd like to add a new west coast ipa to my usual NEIPA line up, and I'm looking forward to it as the weather warms up. Any opinions for yeast selection: lager vs ca ale?

I'm not familiar with the Coolsticks construction or if you can reverse the polarities. I use the Spike temp coil. I attached their instructions that describe the inversion effect on the last page. I have noticed a difference by reversing the coil polarities. I'll usually cool in 2 steps...

Are your hoses touching the ground or other obstacles by any chance, that could warm them? Also, did you consider "temperature inversion" and try changing the orientation of the coil connection so the fluid goes to the bottom of the coil then circulates back up (to keep the coldest liquid on...

Very cool process. Thanks for sharing!

what's your hot side set up? Do you use a 3v system? I'm looking to upgrade my original propane / kettle / cooler based system to electric with temp control to be able to step mash and control tighter temp ranges. Any advice is appreciated.

I like to take my homebrew to share in my neighborhood. It would be nice not to have to refill pitchers every time!

I would just add to keep the keg in the soft crash temp range 60F or below when adding the hop spider to prevent hop creep to kickstart a secondary fermentation and possible diacetyl formation if the beer is then cooled before the yeast clean up.

I just dry hop in a single dose after terminal (I usually wait 2 to 2.5 weeks after pitch). I add the dry hops after a 24 hrs soft crash and then maintain at 59F for 2 days while occasionally rousing the hops with CO2 burps, then cold crash 2 days while I carbonate with a carb stone, then...

I'm not sure how those blends compare. I've only used A24 dryhop once before but had some issues with that batch not related to the yeast. I'll have to try it again.

+1 for the Coastal Haze! It's been my go-to for my last several batches. Here's my last batch. Same glass as yours!

Are any of you natural carbing your NEIPAs in the keg, and does it have a noticeable effect on reducing oxidation and hops flavor longevity vs force carbing? According to some readings in the LODO threads, force carbing introduces some level of O2 vs virtually zero O2 after natural carbing...

Ha ha, thanks for sharing your Holiday Inns super powers and your work experience! I raised the chiller storage temp recently to 50F and it seemed to help some with the T.D., but I moved it back to 28F since I've been soft crashing and getting ready to cold crash my other fermenter. The chart...