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Cool - thanks for the info, everyone. I'll keep on saving them then, have close to 24 so far

I just brewed this last Saturday and had to give up at 80, it just wouldn't chill any further - my tap water is lukewarm basically. Pitched the yeast at 80, put the carboy in a closet at 68 room temp. Will see how it turns out in a few weeks...

Just curious - has anyone tried those 12oz cola glass bottles for beer ? I want to have my lagers in clear bottles, so the other day I capped one of the empty 12oz cola bottles to test it and the cap seems to fit just fine. But not sure if it will work OK for actual bottling. Has anyone tried ?

Actually recently I started adding a very small amount of yeast during bottling. Carbonates anything in a matter of days. (Still prefer to wait though to let it mellow out for a bit, but as far as carbonation is concerned it will be done withing a few days)

Was just gonna say that - if I'm not mistaken this one is Citra all the way.

Don't wanna be a bad influence but I usually pop one 7-8 days after bottling.

lol. You said it.

Was it as crazy as this: Barleywine fermentation This is Danstar Nottingham working on my barleywine back in February.

Literally this second - stone pale ale clone dry hopped with Amarillo.

Mine is about 4-5 blocks. I usually just walk over there when I need something :)

That rocks. Ever heard of Therion ? Might like that one as well.

I've never used a hop bag. I always dump them right into the carboy.

I'd be willing to bet that you'll be OK.

I think you meant "muslin" bags. :)

+1 to this. I never use bottle brushes. I just rinse a couple of times right after drinking with regular tap water (I usually shake it too to make sure any remaining yeast is dislodged from the bottle) and put the bottle away. This will prevent formation of crust and gunk in the bottles. Then...

Hm, I'll try oxyclean next time I get Crooked Tree, but I m still skeptical. I think I tried a bunch of different things on those - boiling, boiling in detergent, bleach I think as well, and nothing worked. I mean the actual paper does come off eventually, but the sticky , stretchy residue stays...

Here's a lager based on Jamil's "What most folks call beer" American Lager. Not a bad clarity for a bottle conditioned lager I think...

If you go to https://www.brewers-assistant.com there is a toolkit to the left - just click on "Refractometer", then choose "Final" in the dropdown, enter current brix(refractometer) and gravity(hydrometer) measurements and click Calculate.

Milk is the best glue for bottles. I never use anything else. On a side note - does anyone else here just HATE Crooked Tree's labels ? Damn things take forever to take off and even then never completely off. Anyone know an easy way to get rid of them ?

A few times I brewed beer in which I added bananas (no sanitation , just peeled them, cut them and dropped them into carboy) after fermentation. Airlock activity restarted after that which I assume is just yeast munching newly added sugar. Didn't have any infection and beers turned out great. So...