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Thanks for the recipe @Dgallo ! I'm planning on brewing a DIPA at around 1.082 OG this week that is based loosely on this and a few other recipes/threads, and I was wondering what people would recommend for yeast pitch rates with higher ABV beers in this style? I know that under pitching can...

I was looking to see if I could easily find a picture on the web that looked similar to what I get on the bottom of my kettle, and came across this: https://instantpot.com/how-to-clean-the-bluish-marks-at-the-bottom-of-the-instant-pot-inner-pot/ I know the R&D department on InstantPot doesn't...

Appreciate the input - I think I came across this heat tint term when doing a search on the issue some time back. From the info I was able to find, I wasn't quite convinced that the rainbow heat tint that results from welding stainless is the same thing as the rainbow effect that can occur on...

Can the heat from a propane burner also remove or damage the passivation on the inside of a brew kettle? If yes, is there any point in passivating a direct fire stainless brew kettle? If chloride can also damage it, I guess I'd further question whether there is any benefit in passivating any...

Have you looked at the Unibrau eBIAB system? The Unibrau V3 system has solid sides for the grain basket and I haven't seen many if any issues of stuck mashes with that system. Also, the grainfather grain pipe uses solid sidewalls, albeit with an overflow pipe down the center. Personally, I'd...

Whenever I hear the ease of cleaning argument in these BIAB debates/discussions, I'm always left wondering how do people who claim cleaning their cooler mash tun is just a quick spray with the hose get the spent grain out of their cooler? For myself, BIAB is easier to clean since the grain is...

I would say I'm in the same boat as you, but given how late SS is with their release (originally planned for Spring 2019) and how little they've shared regarding the design and schedule changes, I'm not holding much hope that they've have their product out before 2021. Who knows though - maybe...

Did you change the yeast or make any changes to your dry hop or whirlpool hop schedule?

Do you use the optional dry hop screen that fits around the CBD when you use it in the fermenter? Usually, I use the Janish screen in the fermenter and have been thinking of trying my CBD in the fermenter to compare, but wondering whether the screen would be likely to clog or how much it would...

Trying to understand what is the difference that makes the duda diesal phosphoric "safe" and the other from the Amazon link "unsafe" - Is it that the supplier of the latter product is not reputable, so while it claims to be "food grade" it may not actually be? Or is there some other...

Thanks for sharing! I did a very similar experiment around this time last year and my results sound very similar to yours. However, both beers were similar enough that it took some practice before I was able to tell them apart in a triangle test. For me, aroma was better in the soft crash...

What is the pH you target for your boil to encourage hot break formation? Do you adjust after the mash, even if your mash & sparge pH is on target?

That’s not quite correct though, assuming he’s connecting gas-to-gas after the flow has started (and not allowing the pressure in the receiving keg to rise above that in the sending keg. Initially, you do need a lower pressure in the receiving keg to start the flow of beer from one to the other...

No need for the splitter or to apply CO2 to keep the transfer going after you get it going. As long as you don't have anything in suspension that could clog the poppets/posts during the transfer, you just need to get the siphon going and then connect gas-to-gas like you said. You do need to make...

Does anyone know whether it's safe to use hot water (~120F) when cleaning the lines with this tubing? I'm used to using the hot water from my kitchen faucet mixed with BLC to clean my lines, so I'm wondering if I should go with lower temps if 120-130F is hot enough to deform the tubing. I...

I've switched from Bru'N Water to MME earlier this year, since one of the BW updates seemed to suddenly be predicting much lower mash pH for the same grain bill than earlier releases. Not sure if that is still the case, but it sounds like it probably is, given the amount of baking soda it's...

Joystick was just some confusion over the "A-18" listed on the brew sheet as Imperial A18 rather than BSI A-18 (LAIII). I don't think that there's been any real speculation that they've used it in IPAs, at least that I've seen. In my experience, LAIII has given me the closest to the OH NEIPA...

Yep, it's perfect for that - that's exactly what I did with the beer above. I also like it for helping me to spot a good time as fermentation is winding down to switch to my spunding valve for beers that I spund. For another data point, the following is from an NEIPA fermentation I did with...

If you're relying taking manual readings a few times a day (i.e. opening the app and noting the number), you may not be happy with the accuracy that the Tilt provides. IMO,the Tilt really shines when you have it set up with a Tilt Pi or something that continually records readings at set...

Thanks for sharing! So it sounds like you spunded in the primary fermenter, is that right? Did you let it fully carbonate all the way to 20-25 PSI in the primary? Did you have the spunding valve on during all of fermentation or only at the tail end? Is the K-meta added for protection from O2...