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This is driving me insane. I have never dumped a beer before this month. Probably over a hundred brew days in my life. Dumped 3 batches in the past month – over 30 gallons. All the same recipe. At 1.068 I haven’t changed anything in my normal brewing process other than the yeast. Hornindal...

Thanks. Im just trying to find the source of a strong off flavor (chemical/metallic) that ive had the past 3 batches. Had to dump them. My process and recipes are the same. It's driving me insane. I had great batches before. Something the past 3 batches is wrong. I've already emailed omega...

I made a 20ml starter using my flask with 200g dme. After the temperatures were proper, i pitched 2 packs (keivik yeast) into aerated wort (1.040) and shook it some more. But the liquid was too much and worried about overflow so i poured half the flask into a sanitized growler. Is there any...

Thank you. Good info.... . And no, not at all. It was the same process. It was also an 11 gallon batch both times. I Pitched 2 packs. Starter via 2 packs about 2000ml. Not crazy big but i hear kveik does well under pitched - I don't believe it was under pitched, just sayin.

i should also mention. on the 1st brew when i got a 1.030 reading after cold crashing.... i obviously didn't keg it. I let the firmzilla warm back up to 80f and a few days later the yeast took off again. 4 days later the reading was 1.011. So they finished eating but it still tasted horrible...

I didn't taste the starters (never do gross lol) i only check the gravity and they did the job around 1.011. I use RO water with brewing salts added (i use beersmith)

I use a brewzilla 65 and Firmzilla. so ^ naaa.

Yeah.... not sure about blood lol

I'll try and make this short, ugghhhh. About a month ago, my friend failed to bring my yeast shipment inside/refrigerator while I was out of town. It sat 2 days in 95 degrees garage (maybe hotter). Kviek yeast... When i got home the yeast packs (omega) were like balloons. I put them in the...

Sounds exactly what I do. The past 5 brews/kegs using that keg hopper/mesh container, i get really murky beer the first 4 or 5 pints. This is the only problem so far with 4oz in the container. I feel like 4 pints gets wasted. I drink them but they are ugly. Does this happen top you?

I just ordered "the New IPA" on amazon. Thanks.... I have the original. NEW SCIENCE! Hope he talks about kveik yeast lol but probably not.

So it's safe to say keg hopping during carbonation is a good idea. And it takes less time than i always heard (always heard around 10 days minimum for keg hopping) "Even at colder temperatures of 34-39°F (1°C-4°C), Wolfe suggests that extraction could still occur in less than three days." Hop...

I've been doing some reading and looking over recipes. I have yet to hear someone mention dry hoping in a keg for New England Style IPA. There is a lot of discussion on "Hop Creep". Wouldn't dry hopping colder (in a keg) help with eliminating hop creep? Instead of during active fermentation...

^ lol no thanks.

Ok.... thanks. Test tubes sound pretty cool. Pot is cool as well.

Is there a need for ice packs? These yeast like to ferment 90 degrees f. Would the hot weather in FedEX or a mailbox hut these little guys?

Interesting. I was listening to a podcast with a farmhouse guy in Norway. He was saying low Temps (like 75-80f) give a clean flavor, but the true character comes out at 90. I guess it's an acquired taste thing? Also he mentioned under pitching can really bring out some great flavors. Too...

Right? Yeah luckily I have 5 other guys splitting the cost. I do most the work but we go through them pretty fast. We brew 11 gallons a week. But now I can do some extra stuff on the side. I've only tried Hornindal KVEIK with my IPA and it's the best I've done. I wanna try some lager/bock malt...

I was out of town and a friend brought in my shipment but didn't put the yeast in my fridge like I asked. I had them shipped with ice and insulated package but they were beyond melted. About 27 hours. Obviously making a starter. But wondering if anyone else had a similar situation? White...

Kviek yeast is amazing. I just ordered three new 7gal ferm buckets so I can do experimental brews in my 90 degree garage. I already have two Fremzilla65Ls that sit in full size refrigerators. Only issue is cold crashing the buckets. Should be fine.