Yeah, it's an incomplete and temporary solution. Even after flipping the rollers I still get stuck grain from time-to-time. I've found that wetting the grain helps. If it weren't for the fact that this thing is pretty expensive (I think I paid ~$150 for it) I would have dumped it and bought a...
Just wondering if my smack pack is still ok or the yeaties are toast. Like the title says, I smacked the smack pack and left it on the counter for 4+ hours last night thinking I would get around to making a starter. Turns out I didn't have any DME. So back in the fridge it went overnight and...
The barley crusher will work great for about a year and then the knurls will soften and it will stop feeding grain. You can disassemble the unit and flip the rollers which will get you another lease on life, but alas, that too won't last forever.
Nothing unusual for a NEIPA, don't have the recipe in front of me but it was something along these lines:
10lb golden promise
5lb 2-row
1lb crystal 10
1oz citra @ 10min
1.5oz citra whirlpool
2oz el dorado whirlpool
2oz idaho 7 whirlpool
dry hop same as whirlpool on day 9
don't remember OG...
I use WLP066 and never need to add hops during active fermentation. Hell, I add gelatin and cold crash to ~38° and its still hazy as all get out.
It's by far my favorite NEIPA strain. It doesn't give me that burnt rubber after taste that 1318 leaves behind.
This bad boy has zero adjuncts in it: