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Yeah... Come on brewers! It'll make you feeeeeeel gooooooood!

Excellent. Thanks. Looking forward to this!

My Keezer is usually around 38° to 40°.

Hey Danbrew, Can I switch up to take the Spiced Cherry Dubbel? It seems a little more adventurous and it probably will be easier to get another brewer to take the IPA!

Yup... Carb on CO2 and then move over to the beergas. I have been trying to carb to about 1.2 volumes by putting on CO2 at 30 PSI for about 24 hours and then use the beergas to push it at 28 PSI through the stout faucet.

I'll take the Honey Ginger IPA!

I use an old school Foodsaver vacuum sealer that my mom bought when I was a kid. I never remember her using it and on a whim asked her if she still had it last summer. Sure enough, she did and it works great for sealing up the homegrown hops!

I was definitely surprised that some would be ready this soon, but they certainly were. Just a tiny bit though.

I rely mainly on the squeeze test (squeeze between thumb and finger and the hop cone should bounce right back to shape... if it stays compressed, they aren't ready yet). They should also feel papery and sort of make a crinkling sounds when you rub them. Lastly, the ones I picked were starting...

So I lowered my lines today and, sure enough, I did have some cones ready for an early harvest. Only 1oz wet of Centennial, but they were definitely ready to pick. A bunch of cones weren't ready yet on the same plant (or my Cascade and Perle plants) plus there were still a lot of new burrs...

Anyone harvest any cones yet? I am thinking that I might have some cones already ready. Gonna lower the lines and check tomorrow, but I am just curious if anyone else is seeing the same thing?

Store it! A batch using distilled water lasts me a couple of months. Just clean and rinse everything then rinse with your Starsan solution. Pour back into a bucket, cover and save for next time. I have only maybe used about 8 oz. of StarSan in a year and a half!

Next time you brew in the kitchen, let a massive boil over occur on the stove... That'll get her wanting you to brew in the garage pretty quick! :)

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4 hours and 40 minutes this morning from turning my flame on to taking the baby from my wife after cleaning up!

+5.5 gal California Common = 31,947

Just started boil on California Common! Nailed my OG, but was a little over on pre-boil volume. 77% efficiency

I am definitely a 4.5-5 hour guy start to finish...

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Here's my boy... 6 months old already! In honor of James Gandolfini, here is his best Tony Soprano look: And his usual happy self...