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I use the Flotit 2.0 in my FV. No longer need to worry about dry hopping in mesh bags. Just toss 'em in and transfer is easy. Before, with the standard dip tube and mesh filter, it kept getting clogged. I'd recommend it to anybody

"Dry Hopped to Hell and Back Again - A Craft Brewers Tale" When's the book coming out?

USE to have a zip-line in my back yard. I say 'use to' because after having a few to many, I decided to get my 225lb drunk ass up there and take a running start over the edge. Needless to say I crashed right to the ground and ruined the zip-line for everybody. Apparently, there's a weight limit

Ahh ok. I'm used to the recipes saying when to dry hop. Not for how long. I purchased Beersmith but hardly use it.

It's not dry hop FOR 0 days, it's dry hop AT 0 days.. and it probably means to dry hop as soon as you put it in secondary. Or it's a typo but that's my interpretation.

Floating dip tube with a Flotit 2.0 on the end and you can just toss 'em in! Haven't had any issues when transferring to keg. There's just something funky to me about letting magnets sit in beer. Albeit, the silicone ones are probably fine.

I usually don't recommend mass produced NEIPA's but I had a Firestone Walker Mind Haze on Saturday and it was tremendous. Give it a shot if you see it on tap!

I love NEIPA's! Specifically, Double NEIPA's!!! and I don't care who that pisses off :D

I just used a CFC chiller for the first time.. so much extra work involved trying to clean and sanitize before and after the brewday. Not to mention just dumping in 1 effin' ounce of hops straight into my kettle nearly clogs the entire flow so it was barely flowing through the CFC resulting in 0...

You are better off finding one at a local brewery to try then to buy one off the shelf at a store. Hazy's from Sierra Nevada and New Belgium are readily accessible but IMO.. not very good. If you do buy them off the shelf, don't buy one older then 8 weeks in the can. You might as well be...

Great feedback. My lagers, fermented under the higher pressure range (20-25psi for one and 30 for another), seemed to produce my best beers to date. I figured I'd maintain that approach with the ale yeast. I'll go ahead and dial that way back to around 5psi.

Yes, Cellarscience Cali yeast Going for a 'hoppy blonde'. Would love to have the hops steal the show. Kinda like a Cold IPA or IPL. We'll see what happens I don't see the harm in pressure fermenting. Like Red over White said, just another tool in the toolbox. Was hoping for a little more...

Well I'm doing a Blonde Ale, so I want a crisp clean final product with little to no yeast character. It's not like I'm fermenting a style that benefits from yeast character. It's Cali Ale yeast. When I ferment my lagers under pressure, this is the result I get. So I'd like to see if I can get...

Great reply and duly noted.

That is what happened to my Kolsch. It took away what I like about the Kolsch style and that's the yeast character. Going to leave the spunding valve open for 24 to 36 hours then apply pressure. That should somewhat get me the best of both worlds. Was hoping for more feedback on the topic but I...

I'm planning on brewing a Blonde Ale this weekend and debating on pressure fermenting using Cellarscience's Cali ale yeast. I pressure ferment all my lagers but when I pressure fermented a Kolsch I didn't like the results. I want my Blonde Ale to be crisp and clean like a lager. I also want/need...

Have you done a cost analysis to see how much you are saving brewing your own Hazy's vs buying from local breweries? More and likely you haven't been to a Popeye's in Louisiana. Them red beans and rice hit different in LA

The last batch sat in the fermenter for 3 months under about 10 psi and at around 36 degrees. My next batch, if I choose to reuse the yeast, will be about 3 months in the fermenter as well under the same conditions.

I'm going on about 6 months right now. Maybe 4 generations of 34/70 in. I don't brew all that often and had planned to clean the fermenter before I use it next but now I might change my mind and throw one more brew in there. My last batch has turned out to be one of my best yet.