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I do have CO2 and at a minimum can fill a balloon to put on the airlock. Temp will be a bit tougher but temps are still cool enough here to get me close to a soft crash in a couple places I have available that I can get in the ball park. I have a couple areas that should be close most of the...

I know I’ll come back and you can all say I told you so related to oxidation. Actually it won’t be I told you so since I already know. I’ll get the right equipment before long. One of the reasons I didn’t get into brewing a while ago is once I jump in I go all in and want everything. I’ve...

Whew...as a new brewer I have to say probably my greatest accomplishment as a brewer so far was making it through this whole thread ;) I've had a few batches of west coast IPAs I've been happy with but have been waiting to tackle an NEIPA. Thanks to everyone in this thread I think I have...

I have the book but haven’t started it. There is discussion of the technique in the giant NEIPA thread though

Mind sharing your process or is it basically The New IPA method? I haven’t read that book but have it downloaded and it’s on my list for vacation next week.

Local store had one last 12 pack of the OG so I grabbed it for a comparison. Not sure how fresh it is or will be by the time I brew my clone but it’s something

I'm in a similar boat as OP. I just started brewing this year. NEIPA is by far my favorite style. At the same time I have told myself I have spent enough money for now and need to wait on kegging. If you ready the giant NEIPA thread there are plenty in the thread that post they are...

Well that's a bummer. My next brew after getting back from vacation was going to be a Fat Tire clone. Now how am I going to know if it's close?

I should report pack after bottling my last beer. My last beer was a very hoppy west coast IPA. In the realm of a Pliny the Elder clone. I used it as a trial run for trying some things with CO2 purging before I take a stab at a NEIPA. In a lot of areas I would say I learned a lot but had...

Brewed a version of this yesterday. We’ll see how it turns out. Forgot whirlfloc so will try to make up for that with gelatin. We’ll see how clear I get

Mexico work trip

5 gallons of IPA 584.35 + 5 = 589.35

In Mexico for work this week. Back Saturday for a few days before a vacation. Planning to get a brew day of an IPA Saturday. Getting short on home brew in the house but hopefully have enough to get me through a brew day. (Have another one conditioning but won't be ready)

It pushes a bit of oxygen out too ;)

I made an attempt at a similar set up and worked ok but one issues I wanted to compare notes with. Rather than an aeration wand I used an aeration stone on a tube. I made a nice amount of foam on top of the beer. The challenge I had as I moved the stone out of the bottle the displaced volume...

I'm going to ask this a little differently and specific to this upcoming brew and my odd schedule. I'd like to follow the following schedule... Brew Day March 4th Dry Hop on the 17th. That is longer than I would usually go before dry hopping but don't think that would likely be a problem...

Related to this do people do anything beside use the draw string to lift the bag? (I know there are bags out there have that have sewn in lift handles, but I wasn't smart enough to look for that when I started). I'm on brew #2 and have so far just used the draw string. First time it worked...

I'm still pretty new and haven't gotten to the point I have a good set up for cold crashing. My main question was around the note from the brewfather recipe posted in the OP... "Dryhops are usually in the 3.5-4lb/bbl range and we do about a 30 hour contact time before dumping the hops out, and...

Planning to do this one for my next brew but have a question on the dry hop schedule. Based on the notes in the recipe the dry hops are only left in about 1 day, but I'm not clear when people are dry hopping these. Maybe it's not critical and any time after fermentation has calmed down...

You said you have the equipment but might help to say what you have. That would help steer you I think. Getting ingredients isn’t a problem. You can go to a store like you mentioned or like you said there are lots of online places to order from and they deliver quickly. I’m not familiar...