Totally agree. I'm a one-pot + cooler mash tun brewer. No need for pumps, etc. If BIAB had been a thing when I built my electric pot, I'd be doing that. Simpler = better for me.
It's probably too late, but I've brewed a bunch with my homegrown hops and have generally found that they are very low in AA. I generally triple amounts of I'm counting on my hops for bitterness.
Recently, I've mostly made one beer a year with all of my hops in the whirlpool: garbage pail...
I do really like IPAs and generally have one in rotation. About to brew a wee heavy. Always have a saison on hand. Usually a Tripel and a quad as well. Almost imperial stout time.
I am tending to split my dry hop into two doses: end of fermentation and keg. I've been happy enough with the outcome that I haven't been driven to experiment with other schedules.
Yeah, the cap is the issue. This setup looks like it would be my choice, but no idea how well it works:
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