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Sure thing. This netted 6 gallons into the fermenter, 5 gallons into the keg. Water Profile 100% distilled water, aimed for 50 Ca, 16 Mg, 46 Na, 135 SO4, 104 Cl Grist 12 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 6 72.7 % 3 lbs Pilsner (2 Row) Bel (1.2 SRM) Grain 7 18.2 % 1 lbs White...

So my most recent effort, with underpitched S04 (~150 ml of slurry), fermented at 62 degrees for first few days, was my best beer in quite a while. OG around 1.065. Have had oxidation issues lately so I dry hopped in my conical around 1.020 and raised temp to 66. It finished around 1.014...

So I managed to score a 4 pack of MC2 at my local beer store, and wow the overripe fruit taste was overwhelming. They were packaged on 10/13, so they have not been sitting long. Very glad I didn't end up buying a case as planned.

Can I ask how recent that was? Cause I'm driving through their neck of the woods this weekend, from out of state, and scheduled to pick up a case.

Alright, thanks all for the affirmation. Neglected to mention the conical is parked in a temp controlled freezer, so that part is covered.

So I got over eager to brew, and didn't pay attention to the calendar. Brewed an NEIPA this past Friday (the 14th), and have to leave for a week long vacation this coming Friday (the 21st). Beer OG was 1.066, and its bubbling away in my conical (used a good pitch of A24 slurry). Typically I let...

Just dealt with this last Friday. Screwed up previous mashes when I failed to detect the loosened settings in time. My fix was to carefully tighten the set screws with pliers. Maybe 1 to 1.5 full turns did the trick.

Hey all, I'm a big fan of this series from Tree House, and was wondering what people thought might be the ratio of Citra to Simcoe. I'm guessing it would be 2 to 1, or perhaps higher...but who knows, perhaps they are reversed and it is Simcoe heavy. Thanks

Worth procuring another source of lacto and adding it to the fermenter? Maybe Goodbelly? I really like the uncarbed samples I've tried, fermenting hot really brought out the pineapple in the yeast.

I don't think it was the lacto. I just got the Swanson's in the mail, and the expiration date is Feb 2021. The starter was not cloudy, as I recall. I don't think it had much of an aroma either. Zero hops in the boil, but I did notice some crud on my immersion chiller before I dropped it in the...

Appears I'm out of luck - checked this morning and pH is at 3.85 (freshly calibrated meter), which seems like a negligible drop. These are fresh capsules, so that doesnt seem to be the problem.

So I brewed what I intend to be a sour IPA this past Sunday, and pitched a fresh slurry of Omega's Tropical Yeast. Made a sour starter with 2 Swanson capsules (no calcium carbonate though). Let that sit at ambient temp, around 65, for 16 hours or so and then pitched it Monday morning. I'm...

Cool, thanks.

So if I don't have any calcium carbonate on hand to make a lacto starter, is it going to be a problem? I'd like to brew a sour ipa with WLP644. Can I just pitch 2 Swanson capsules 12-24 hours post yeast pitch (rehydrated first in boiled water)?

Ah yes, that is a great point. So, bombs away then.

Thanks for the great info. One question I had was on timing the dryhop with the drop in pH. Not sure if I want to let the lacto go all the way to the terminal point (3.1?). So if I'm happy with the sour level at day 3, I could add a bit of dry hop to halt the souring, let the yeast continue to...

So with more time on my hands than usual, I tried a test - filled two glasses with 1.010 sugar water solution, and added Warrior hops. Glass on the left has hops warmed for 20 seconds in the microwave, glass on right were straight from the freezer. Not a big discrepancy, but it does seem like...

Good point.

I'd like to improve my O2 exposure during dry hopping - right now I add the pellet through the conical's top port and then flush with C02. My beer results thus far are decent, but I'm always chasing perfection. I thought one simple step would be to add a port near the top, above the beer line...

I like to mix it up. Tree House has said they aim for higher Sulfate than Chloride, for example.