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That's works out if you have a local homebrew store, none close to me however, and the one that is remotely close totally sucks.

3928.5 + 10 gallons of kolsch + 10 gallons of goldem promise & Idaho Gem pale ale. = 3948.5

This past weekend, I brewed a pale ale with golden promise and Idaho Gem and a kolsch.

Possibly a few more days and it might have compacted. S-04 usually packs down firm.

Congrats on the other wins too, what a great day for you.

Thx

@SRJHops Congratulations on the win. 46/50 is an amazing accomplishment and you should be very proud. Do you mind sharing the recipe?

You will be adding a bunch of water, if the dark honey has more flavor, go ahead and use it.

@Sotko I had a beer that I had shared with the beer club that I was in at the time and shared the recipe. One member brewed the beer with minimal changes and won an award in some competition Minimal rye flavor due to the roasting of the malt, although I felt it gave more of a chocolate...

I've had good luck/results with chocolate rye.

The only thing that makes sense, is that the burner was not entirely off. A 28 degree gain is a lot of energy.

I'm doubtful of the 16-20% claims, but I could be wrong.

It never would have made good beer, even if it was fresh. It should have been shot with a large caliber weapon. I wanted to see it explode.

It will do fine. Although, I would use wine yeast as vs bread yeast. Most varieties are just under $1 a pack. One pack will be an overpitch, but why save it at that price point? My "go to" yeast for wines and ciders is K1V-1116. Personally, I'd add in a bit more sugar, but that's just me.

Some people have luck flipping the passive roller, so that it uses "the other side" of the knurls.

It really doesn't seem possible.

@Cider Wraith Super Clean and a brush will do a good job on cleaning up the handles to get them looking great @Mtozbun A bit of fine sandpaper when the handles are wet will get the "crust" off of the handles and get them looking better.

My guess, it that it will be fine. Just for safe measure, store the bottles in a plastic tote or something for a while, just in case any explode to contain the mess. After a month or two, they shold be fine to go into your usual storage location.

What was the FG at bottling time and how much priming sugar did you add to the batch?

My way is a bit low tech, I use cup hooks. I hook the rings from the camlock connectors on the hooks. It works.