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to those who did it before? which containers are you buying in? cans? 12oz bottles? 22oz bottles? mixed? I just want to keep my Georgia recipient happy :)

got mine too. and since I have to "deliver" first before my package is even shipped I gotta get going quickly ;) Hopefully I'll have everything ready by Monday. Will the be some sort of summary at the end? Like who got who, pictures and stuff?

I just got a few bottles of not-yet-available in bottle Hop-O-Matic from Ritual so this is available for trade as well. It's an outstanding IPA. Will definitely be a hit in the upcoming months.

I'm definitely interested. Let me PM you later today with the details.

I would love to join if I can be an exemption :) Can get some beer from brand new Inland Empire or Orange County, CA breweries (ritual, wicks, societe)

As in the title, I'm looking to trade my fresh Pliny or Knuckle Sandwich for: - Heady Topper - Double Sunshine - Lunch - anything from Three Floyds.... or anything interesting really let me know too.

I used the white labs (one vial with a starter and another without - forgotten about second vial :/) Also, with me everything went smoothly till bottling. After two weeks mine is still too sweet both in aroma and taste :/ Not sure what caused that. It seemed perfect right before bottling.

Thanks guys. I used the white labs california ale yeast. And that was another thing I was considering. Maybe I didn't have enough yeast in the priming bucket somehow, or they were in bad condition due to slightly high fermentation temperatures as well :/ not sure. But the type of sugar maybe...

Hi guys, I just bottled my second batch of beer 3 weeks ago. It is a Pliny clone. I had a few issues during the process but nothing major. I tasted it right before bottling and although being warm and not carbonated obviously it tasted very nice, there was a nice hop punch aroma too. And then...

Yesterday was 2 weeks since bottling. I'm going to try one today. I tried one bottle 6 days ago and it turned out really really good, but there were two issues. First, there was a weird very very sweet aroma that was so strong that almost covered the beautiful hops smell. Second, taste was also...

cool! Let me know how it goes! Maybe we should post a thread dedicated to it so we can exchange observations...I'm 3 days into fermentation right now

Just wanted to update that I replaced the stopped and installed a new airlock after the most vigorous part of the fermentation is over. So I was finally able to put it back in the closet and clean the bathroom :) I don't want to spam the forum with two other threads, so may I ask two more...

For now I've installed a wider hose on top of the airlock and it seems to be working. Hopefully this setup will last till Saturday when I can finally go to the store.

false alarm. within the following two hours it almost exploded...and clogged the airlock. I just installed the blow off tube covered by aluminum foil. Any better/cleaner way without access to a lhbs?

yup. I think from shaking it a little bit during transfer to the bathroom. That's nothing bad right? Looks like the fermentation is as lively as before

I went home....lol...situation is (currently) under control. Got everything cleaned and sanitized. I couldn't do o blow-off hose since. it looks like I don't have one and if I would cover the hose I have with aluminum foil there will not be an airtight seal, so I figured, worst case scenario, I...

pfff reading about it right now and watching the videos :) Thanks guys, I will update once I get home. (Regards from Riverside, CA :P)

Still at work for next 3 hours :/ My wife took those pictures...ehhhhh...hopefully it won't come out. What's the best thing to do right now? Sorry, I should search through the forum first before asking beginners questions.... but I may not have enough time for that :/

looks like after a few more hours I'm having another problem:

so it turns out I may have done something actually good :) At least it makes me feel better. I soooo want this beer to turn out good :) Now I just need to decide which recipe to follow regarding the dryhopping. I'm doing a kind of Pliny close, so I'm debating between 7 days of dry hopping of 1oz...