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I'm both happy it was something simple I overlooked, and kicking myself in the ass at the same time. Ah well. No use in getting hung up on it now, but should have thought of that. Thank you for pointing that out tld6008!

That I didn't do. I did fill the keg with star san, ran it through, purged it, filled it with co2 and purged again and left it closed. Before I did the transfer I released the pressure inside, but I didn't unscrew the relief valve or anything.. Could that have been it? I was pushing with around...

Oh, and here are the visuals. Day 3: Day 10 (different lighting, also night time).

I forgot to mention the reason I backed off the closed transfer is I read not to exceed 5psi on glass carboys.. To prevent creating a glass shrapnel bomb haha. So I got a bit nervous on just how much pressure was building up and decided it was safer, and easier at that point, to do the open...

Well I kegged the beer yesterday, ran into some issues when doing so. Here is my update so far. Brewed beer on 5-19 (OG was 1.056, but I don't know if this was right. I started at 1.058 post-mash, 8.25 gallons.. Ended with 6.75. Still confused on this is possible). Dry hopped 8oz of hops on...

So what does everyone carb to on NE IPAs? 2.2?

Makes sense. I was thinking of laying the keg on it's side to give it more surface area. Haven't fully decided yet, but I'll think on it for a couple days. I ordered a new carboy cap that will ideally fit my 6.5 gal fermenter this time. I just bought 2 last week, unknowing they don't fit...

I have a stainless 300 micron mesh tube I was thinking of attaching fishing line to, to be able to pull back out after a few days.. think I would run into any issues with that? I was thinking 2-3oz. Have any ideas by chance on that OG conundrum? Thanks for the reply and advice!

Well, here is my update on this. I brewed it up on Saturday, made a couple tweaks but overall stuck close to the recipe. After mashing, I had an SG of 1.058. I pulled off 8.25-8.5 gallons in a bit of a panic on some of what I read here about hop and trub loss.. I boiled an hour and ended up with...

Awesome, thanks. And for those who are making their water profiles.. I'm balancing out to 150 CaSO/CaCl2, but with adding those it also brings the Calcium level up to around 150ppm... Is that a big deal? The alternative is using Epsom salt rather than Gypsum, but that'll bring the Magnesium...

I'd be curious to see. Didn't they just start canning it this year, like a couple months ago? I was curious so looked at my cans yesterday. Said Decorah on them. I could definitely see kegs having been brewed there.. It definitely tastes like as you described-they did nothing special to the...

For the dextrose, are you adding that to your grains/mash, or in the boil?

Off your recommendation just picked up a 4pk of Golden Nugget.. Store must have messed up inputting the price, because it checked out at $3.99. I'll enjoy these so much more now haha.

Agreed, Pompeii did a 180 for me. Used to be low for TG standards, but it's right up there with others now. At least the canned version, haven't had bottle or draft in awhile.

For visually pleasing purposes.

So a couple of days ago I picked up a 4pk of the canned batch from 3/14 and.. WOW. It's honestly the best PsuedoSue I have had in years, probably since they first started bottling it a few years ago. I also noticed the ABV has jumped from 5.8% to 6.8%-which I am seeing is because of the new...

That's awesome! I'd love to hear how this turns out.

Hmm, curious to know how well that works from more people. I used 1lb of syrup in my batch last year at or shortly after high krausen and I didn't get any maple at all, I still don't. When I brew this again this Summer, I was leaning towards adding it towards the end of fermentation, but after...

Really appreciate the in-depth response, and pinpointing the pertinent info. I will take a look at those pages and go from there.. will probably try brewing this in the next couple months and I'll make sure to report back. Glad to hear the recipe mimicked the REAL PsuedoSue. Been a favorite of...

Awesome. I've been drinking it like crazy since it came back to Decorah as well. I'm not far from there. May try to give this one a shot then.. I'll have to read through the thread as it seems like there are quite a few varying recipes. Thanks!