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I did catch something while watching one of the latest TH YouTube videos when they went to New Zealand and stopped at a local homebrewer's place. Nate mentioned while looking at the recipe, to not be afraid to add more hops in the boil for further hop saturation, along with the whirlpool. I...

I turned it down to 34 a long time ago because some friends (in the middle of summer) thought the beer should be colder, so I haven't touched it since. I should try it a bit warmer and see what the difference ends up being.

When I started making lagers a couple years ago, I didn't realize that people were pitching more yeast than 1 packet for a 5 gallon batch....and I haven't noticed any negative effects from pitching one packet.

I think with this batch I'm really going go try to dial in my carbonation and aim for the lower end...probably around 2.3 Volumes of CO2. I may have to adjust my beer lines but my upstairs kegerator is usually kept at 34 degrees and the calculators online are saying 5-8psi for the targeted...

S-23 can be fruity all on it's own. I made 20-30 gallons of lager and splitting up batches with different yeasts. One I made with 1/4oz of magnum just for bittering at 60min and I couldn't believe the noticeable fruity aroma and character the yeast developed. I can see it working well with a...

Wow! Never thought about using DME, however I'll have to give that a whirl.

Wow, that color! Was was your grain bill for that beauty?

I will say this is the most fragrant batch so far...walked into my house after work last night and I was greeting with a pleasant hoppy aroma. Strong enough that my wife even commented on it. I've used Maltodextrin in a stout before but for some reason I never thought about using it in an...

I know with my RO System, I'll let it run for 10 minutes or so before I begin collecting and Everything from the tap is designed for potable water. That helped me out a bunch. Of course after adding your salts you'll notice more PPM due to what you added so it's good that the meter is picking...

I usually don't drink during the week, so Friday-Sunday I may have 1-4 beers or so....with that, it varies. I may have 1-2 8% DIPA's or 4 lighter beers.....also depends on the season however I am keeping up with my water and IV Hydrate seems to help replenish immensly.

I completely agree with you. I usually keep it to 2-3 other grains normally but figured I'd try to use up small amount of left over grain.

Funny that CellarScience's Hazy was mentioned, I picked up 3 packs from a closing (sadly) LHBS to give it a whirl however I think I'll stick to Verdant for my next batch. My birthday is coming up next month and I brew 5 gallons of NEIPA for the party. I usually try to mix up grains/hops/yeast...

I have a 2 Vessel Kettle rims system now that I built over the years to be a bit simpler than the 3 vessel systems.....Takes up a bit of room but it's not bad. Nice part is that between my kettle and the mash tun, I have about 32 gallons of capacity so doing 10 gallon or high OG beers aren't a...

This is a fun thread! I've been purging kegs this way since really trying to nail down my NEIPA recipe and it's helped a ton....I also put half a crushed campden tablet into the sanitized keg when I start to hook up the line from my fermenter to keg to further help reduce oxygen exposure. I've...

Looks great! I dig it!

I built my system before there were many BIAB all in one systems and I really liked the 2 Vessel Kettle Rims system so I wouldn't have to worry about water level in a rims tube and I could use the full brewing liquor. I recently upgraded my false bottom from the 12" domed one you'd use in a HD...

I'm already looking towards my winter brew list and saw this thread. Can't wait to brew it again so it's ready for winters end!

For those looking for a new fermenter, it looks like ClawHammer's latest Kegmenter looks promising - Stainless Steel Keg Fermenter - 6.5 Gallon

Great progress so far!

I drive an hour to them and I love their ingredient selection, plus they usually have a bunch of brewing odds and ends that have been super helpful.