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Start at paragraph 3 when your FG has hit where you want it.

Cold crashing won't stop fermentation if the wine is brought back to room temp. Beer makers sometimes cold crash to drop proteins, trub and some yeast from suspension, but there are enough active yeast cells to bottle/keg carbonate after priming sugar is added. Here's a good article...

Update with pics are here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?p=6875546#post6875546

The El Citranado(1st pic) is 48 hours after pitching. The El Mosaic Toronado(2nd pic) is 24 hours after pitching. I will change the air lock when the krausen subsides a bit.

Here's the recipe as it went into the chamber. Time in primary will be changed. Forgot to change profile before posting. SG = 1.065 @ 65F

So.. do to my not getting Citra when I was at Weak Knee supply, and I was already steeping grains when I realized it, Here is whats fermenting. Not too far off from the last recipe post, profile wise, flavor will be different.

Well POOH ON ME....... Left the store without getting Citra. This brew is now going to have Mosaic in place of the Citra. Funny thing is this recipe started out with Mosaic and El Dorado hop, but I used all the Mosaic in my last fruit beer. And so will be born "El Mosaic Toronado V1". So...

I went with 1/2 oz at 30 minutes. Brought it to 82 IBU. I'm running out to get more stuff. I'm brewing another batch. The remaining 1/2 oz nugget at 15 minutes, removed 1 oz El Dorado from whirlpool, with everything else the same it brings it to 54 IBU. I'll compare them side by side when done.

I thought the IBU would be lower due to the late extract addition and the top off water. It could be cut in half. Thats what I keep hearing. I'm getting ready to steep the grain now.

Ok... Hows this look? Any glaring issues? Thanks!

Ya know... I was wondering about that since the IBU's are going to be 1/2 - 3/4's of what BS2 says. I was liking the 7-8 SRM range. I have 2-row caramel 60L, 20L, carapils, caramunich type 1, black patent & chateau-chocolate on hand. I'm going to look at the grain profiles and toy around with...

Very nice! And congrats on 7 years. I'm a year behind you!

Here are the changes I made to my recipe. I'm mobile, the wifey has us food shopping.

Thanks for the link! I'm reading the article now. I see he has a Longmont Pale Ale recipe there. I'm going to plug it into BeerSmith and see what comes up. I believe I can convert the all-grain to extract, then see what that says as compared to his profile for the brew. I'll post what I...

Hmm. OK. I was under the impression that boil temps will extract oils and the amount of time adjusts the utilization. The El Dorado addition @ 10 minutes shows 15.3 IBUs. The zero minute additions show 0 IBUs. Yes, that I did know. I basically have the DME in at 10 minutes to help lower...

I've added extra info / questions in this thread also as it was off topic to the original El Dorado hop recipe question. It has to do with late extract addition and hop utilization. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?p=6869969#post6869969

Hello All, So I've read quite a few posts here and other forums about this subject. I understand that a lower SG during the first hop addition makes for more hop utilization. Lower SG = more bitter = less hops needed, higher SG = less bitter = more hops needed. I also understand that there...

So here is what I'm planning on for the recipe after the great hints thrown my way. Thanks again! Oh, and I did have 6 oz of El Dorado but used 3 oz in a fruit beer thats bottle conditioninig right now. I have another used fridge on the way this week. I'm going to transfer my batch...

Ahhh, the human palate! Two very understandable views. I'm messing with the recipe now. What if I used a different specialty grain? Darker but use less to keep the lighter color?

Hi aStoutObserver, I guess it would have been a good idea to state the "taste" i was going for. I have been on a Sculpin 70 IBU, Grapefruit Sculpin 70 IBU, Anti-Venom 45 IBU kick here of late. I also like Invasion 36 IBU and Morgasm 19 IBU. Seems like the fruity/grapefruity taste suites me...