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The band just started playing to kick off the Oktoberfest happy times at Balboa Park in San Diego. 🍻

In my experience, considering hop forward beers, freshness is key. Not a lot of need to let them sit and “ condition “ much beyond the end of active fermentation. I usually give mine 3-4 days after I see the krausen fall and activity drop off. Then rack to keg, chill for a day and burst...

Sounds like you still have about a 6.55% abv. Holding gravity at 3 days says it’s done. I’d run it through your standard pases and give it a taste. If it tastes good… send it. 🍻

One of the old school, to me, IPA’s that got me hooked on the style many, many, many moons ago. I think I first had that about 20 years ago. Give or take. 😬

Been trying some fest beers lately. Tis the season. Happy Friday!🍻

I hope you enjoy a new phase in your life. You will be missed.

For Whom the Bell Tolls- Metallica

Recipes please! I would love to make some dill and some rosemary pickles. 😬

We finally got to try the delicious collab of North Park Beer co. and Russian River… Elder Foo. So yum! p.s. sorry for drinking most of it pre-pic. 😬

Got a text this evening from my lady’s son. Apparently he did a keg swap at one of the bars he distributes to and was unfortunately left with 1/2-2/3 of a keg of sour beer that needed a new home. Oh no! I’ll give you a nice, chilled home. 😬 I decided to transfer it to some of my ball lock kegs...

The lady and I had a couple at the local, German themed tap room while the kid was at soccer practice. 🤫 This is Weihenstephaner Pilsner. We also had a lovely WC Pilsner from Harland brewing. 🍻

The Ballad- Testament

Misty Mountain Hop- Led Zeppelin

I wouldn’t order from a company that doesn’t label their product. Try YVH next time.

You should be head of their marketing department. 😬

Happy Friday! We’ve got a big event at work tomorrow and will be featuring some Mission Brewing beers. I brought home a six pack of tall boys. Strictly for R&D purposes. 😬

I think this is the one I’m using. Been a while since I bought it… https://a.co/d/2P0lRQT

I have used this system for 6-8 months now and have had no issues. I only use RO water and check the ph. Mine is usually a bit under 3.0. In the high 2’s. I’m using the most beat up of the used kegs I own. It still has the original dip tube and seals. I have heard that leaving the acidic...

This is certainly not ideal, but I fill my sink with tap water and with the faucet still running, use a pond pump to push the water through my wort chiller. Once it gets to about 100F, I’ll turn the faucet off and let the sink drain down a bit and then start adding ice to the sink and...

I keep a dedicated keg full of starsan solution. I let the co2 from fermentation push it into my packaging keg. Then swap them and push it back into the starsan keg. A quart or more will blow off during fermentation. I also use the starsan keg to flush out my beer lines and fill my spray bottle...