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I have to say YVH customer service and responsiveness is phenomenal. I emailed them and they got right back to me.

Thanks...I’m aware of all the above but certainly appreciate the info. I was able to get some from YVH when they first had it last year in 2020, but haven’t seen it available anywhere else since. I check all the time and it just remains sold out. Perhaps I’ll email them and see if they have an...

I’ve searched high and low and can not seem to find them in stock/available anywhere. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance...

Yup. I blended it with verdant a few times. Notes here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/northeast-style-ipa.568046/post-9090293 Post 14,191. Sometimes these links are weird.

@couchsending Regarding eclipse/HPA-016. You are absolutely right. I brewed up a pretty simple IPA using a simple grain bill and very clean yeast. There is absolutely a very sweet mandarin orange kind of character to it, which is really nice, but there is also a very pronounced anise/licorice...

Well said, and I couldn’t agree more. Also, I hope that post didn’t come off as too aggressive...I just re-read it and can see how it may have. Good luck on the next brew! Looking forward to hearing how it turns out!

Baby steps are fine and good, but I doubt you’ll notice much difference. Don’t get so hung up on the calculated IBUs. If you’re willing to forgo the 60 minute addition, then just crush 3 to 4 ounces in that final 20 minutes and see what it does for you. I’ve done a couple of beers in the last...

I’ve never really paid attention to IBU /SG. That’s not to say that it’s not a good way to construct beers but I’ve just never really done it. I think most beers that I make end up somewhere between 30 to 60 calculated IBUs. I used to always do a 60 minute boil and use about an ounce of...

I was actually going to point this out as well. For anyone who’s had IPAs from vitamin Sea, they know how good they are. I found it interesting that they do a 20, 15, 10, and then 6 ounce whirlpool and 6 ounce dry hop. That’s 9 ounces hot side and 6 ounce dry hop. A lot of these breweries...

Are you adding any hops in the boil? Or are you doing only WP/DH? I have found, for me, that I get a lot more flavor when adding hops into the boil. I’m talking 20, 15, 10, 5, etc....then WP/DH. Anytime I exclude these additions I absolutely notice that the resulting beer is more one dimensional...

Same here. Every batch I’ve ever done has been in a fermonster. Never had any issues whatsoever.

I’m curious about step mashing as well. I’ve never looked into much but I guess I could just start googling it and reading about it. I’ve heard JC from Trillium talk about achieving his desired mouthfeel through mashing techniques as opposed to some of the more common ways of doing it.

I actually used white labs opshaug Kveik which is extremely clean. I like to use either that or the omega lutra which is also super clean whenever I’m doing a single hop beer, especially a new one like eclipse. In my experience they ferment out pretty dry down to 1.010 or so, so I added 8...

Agreed. I just dry hopped an all Eclipse beer that only got to 1.022 at 66 degrees for 3 days and it took it took it down to 1.020.

The only thing I don’t like about those lids that you have to remove them and expose the beer to oxygen. I primarily make super hoppy IIPAs and will do everything in my power to avoid exposing them to the tiniest bit of O2. I think I may just upgrade to a nice taprite set up and be done with it...

Yup, I bought it new but it was about five or six years ago at this point. The weird thing about it is that it almost always works very smoothly and the way it supposed to, but then every so often it gets really sticky like I said. Not sure of the brand but it’s not a taprite. It’s a single...

I would say 90% of the time that I turn the dial on my CO2 regulator, the little bar in the gauge goes up very smoothly. But every so often when I turn it up it’ll be kind of sticky. I’ll turn the dial and I’ll hear the CO2 coming in, but then it will jump from say 8 to 14 and then stick, and...

I have not had it recently but I can certainly pick up a four pack or stop in for a pour. I’ll let you know what I think when I have some again.

Good stuff here....I’m a little surprised that you think eye of the storm Citra is close to Julius. I’ve had it many times and it’s ok...nothing special. I think one thing that gets overlooked here is how different peoples palettes can be. Like, I have no doubt that you think it’s close to...

Agreed. 2.5 hours is a longgggg mash. It’s obviously not ideal but you could try mixing in some maltodextrin or some lactose.