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Pliny is fermenting like crazy and my basement smells like a hop forest! The recipe says to dry hop in secondary for two weeks in two stages. I haven't done secondary in a year or so in favor of the long primary. Is secondary beneficial/useful in this case for dry hopping? Or should I just dry...

I'm worried about this happening to my double IPA. I read something on these threads about adding Alpha Amalyse Enzyme. It might be worth some research.

Ey guys, I brewed a hefeweizen this weekend and pitched a quart starter of yeast. I decanted some of the liquid off the top of the yeast, swirled, and pitched. It took off like a rocket within six hours at an ambient temp of about 64-66 degrees. It's throwing off a terrible sulfur smell. Is that...

White Room

I used pellets but didn't use a cheese cloth. They should settle out. At least I hope they will.

Update: I brewed it yesterday along with 5 gallons of Hefeweizen. Original gravity was 1.074. I made a yeast slurry with two packs of US-05 and pitched at 9:30 last night. It's fermenting in the basement with a steady, ambient temp of 66 degrees. I checked at 5 a.m. this morning and it was...

Optimus Prime

I went with US-05. I'll be making it on Saturday. I'll keep you all updated.

Day Load

I'm planning on a single infusion at 151

I think I'll try Nottingham if it attenuated moe and clears better. If I can't get Nottingham which is better, 04 or 05?

Screen what was your mash temp and did you use corn sugar in the boil?

No problem! Thanks for the advice. I think I'm going to go with dry- it should save some cash since hops alone will be over $30. Plus, the dry is just easier to manage. You're right in that the hops should cover just about any noticeable yeast flavors. I appreciate the responses!

Yooper, which yeast strain did you perceive as your favorite? I'm just looking to make the best tasting/closest to Pliny I can since we get it once every never here in PA and every keg of it kicks in 15 minutes. I'm not worried about liquid so much as I've used all the strains in different beers...

Hi everyone, I'm planning on brewing Pliny next Zsaturday. The recipe calls for either Wyeast American Ale or WLP 001 California Ale. I've used them both before in different beers but have been more successful with Wyeast with a starter because WLP exploded on me. Since this will be my first...

Dead ringer

I've been sticking to three week primary then keg. Works great for me.

No Rain

I tend to listen to everything Yooper has to say. Trust her.

I used to do secondary and follow the 1-2-2 rule. Then I read the argument for a longer primary without secondary and really started paying attention to what guys like Revvy had to say. For my past six brews I've only used primary. I usually let it sit for three weeks. I had a pumpkin ale that...