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What yeasts, especially dry are derived from the “Chico” strain?

With beer Smith you type in OG and Bruce and FG is displayed Pretty quick and easy, no calculation required

Did you use hydrometer and If so did you account for any temp over 60 degrees f

Look for what’s used in Sierra Nevada celebration ipa, this is a good malty beer and the yeast make may sense for you

What was the post boil gravity, or startling gravity supposed to be?

11?

That’s what tables are for I’ve used GF before and it lacks in certain areas, heating quickness, doesn’t really get a good rollout g boil, and you need an additional sparge equipment

Also ambient temperature does odd things with co2. The colder it gets the lower the tank pressure gauge drops making it look empty, when it gets hotter the temp rises. This is reflected on the gauges Finding leaks is a painstaking process and is best done working from regulator toward tap and...

There are other comparable systems like brew boss, which is what I bought. It heats faster, can do bigger batches, you don’t need an additional piece to heat sparge water and I like the automated system brew boss offers better But that’s me

Homebrew supply out of Comanche Texas has a recipe on their site

Wilser bags

Propane heats faster and is more portable then electric, if neither of those are what you’re after than go electric

I only use refrac now,

56 and I brew 3-4, 5 gallon batches each month

What was anticipated OG?

I put 3 drops of orange into a 16 oz blue moon. I did a brew using 30 drops into primary after fermentation and it was good Now cinnamon is really strong, 10-15 drops in a 5 gallon batch is enough Plus these oils don’t ferment out

You could go get a compression repair piece and fix it

I’ll be kegging my fat tire on Saturday This and blue moon are yummy and I always have one or both of these on tap at all times

Are you dry hopping? If so that may make sense but you’ll do that after fermentation is complete I don’t even think about bottling/ kegging for at least 3 weeks

I use speidel 80l, easy to carry, easy to clean, somewhat see through. With spigots for super easy transfer Don’t like glass, too heavy, need siphons, hard to clean At some point I’ll upgrade to SS