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    Anvil Foundry Mash Eff

    FYI Anvil just released an updated version with the controller mounted on top. It's on the new units available to ship.
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    Kegging & Carbonation

    I do 45 psi for 24hr after crashing. Seems to be the fastest for me.
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    Secondary Fermentation

    I've found I secondary less now that I keg. The keg process clears beer quickly by cold crashing and purging out the bottom sediment. I get more clear beer by kegging then bottling with secondary. I just give my primary a little extra time.
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    Hornindal slow fermentation??

    So I checked day 6 and gravity was down to 1.012 (80 percent attenuation) but still some krausen. Day 7 the krausen was all down and still 1.012 FG. I kegged it yesterday so we'll see. I guess a week fermentation isn't so strange from the sounds of it. Just expected 2 days based on all the...
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    Hornindal slow fermentation??

    Yep I'm just going by airlock. I'll go check. Thanks
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    Hornindal slow fermentation??

    So I'm 6 days in and my Hornindal IPA is still fermenting. Normally for liquid yeast I wouldn't complain but I've heard this should work in two or three days. I've fermented warm and no off smell. Anyone else had a slower fermentation? OG 1.063 Day 1 ferment at 85F, 90F after that
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    Kveik harvesting time?

    Only a couple of the grams for direct pitching? Just wondering how that is enough. I know the kveik does well under pitching but it seems like a really small amount. If the half life of slurry harvest is 3 months wouldn't the half life of the dry be days? Or does drying some how increase the...
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    Kveik harvesting time?

    Would you use that full amount to dry for the next pitch direct? Or would you use only some of the flakes with a starter?
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    Kveik harvesting time?

    Thanks guys. I didn't think about the timing maybe not mattering on a pure stain. I haven't seen too many posts of people cropping from the top.
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    Kveik harvesting time?

    I've seen some posts about harvesting kveik slurry but I've read you can harvest during peak krausen also. Has anyone harvested early or done both? Slurry seems safer but don't know if there is a benefit to doing it early.
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    1st kettle sour spoiled?

    Heard a lot of hit or miss with good belly
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    1st kettle sour spoiled?

    Head retention was ok. I'll try the presouring next time. I hopped the beer during the boil after souring.
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    1st kettle sour spoiled?

    Yeah I boiled first. Didn't want to risk it. I didn't adjust my pH down though. Next time i think i will use a faster lacto strain. This took too many days
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    Roasted oats = burnt popcorn??

    Yeah I should be more clear. Doesn't look burnt, color is pretty even from stirring every 15 minutes or so. The smell to me is burnt popcorn but I don't think the color is burnt and the taste is a heavy toast.
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    Roasted oats = burnt popcorn??

    Just got done wet toasting some rolled oats and it looks like crunchy granola and smells like burnt popcorn. Color is 40-50L, still a little light for my stout I think. Am I on the right track?
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