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Don't see the need for letting the bottles dry after a Star San soak. It should do nothing but provide more of an oppurtunity for microbes to land in the bottle.

congrats pjj2ba! Say hi to the misses for me! haven't seen her in 6 years!

They are Avery 5408 3/4 round. There are 24 labels per sheet and 42 sheets in a package for $7 at staples. Works great and takes 5 minutes to write label and print!

I use Avery labels and print them out. Beer name, ABV and date bottled. I like the idea of batch number!

Oh vindloo, how i love thee.

That is awesome! Good team choice for the pic!

I actually just did this same thing on Sunday. I normally don't do secondaries, but people say if you dry hop, use a secondary. This was my first time dry-hopping. My gravity was 1.025 when I transferred. I'm not too worried because I got the yeast rings around the glass carboy several hours...

Definitely get a wort chiller, but if you cant just chill the pot in the water bath next time.

A chemical that resembles the smell of bananas. Esters are usually apparent in very warm fermented beers.

Sorry, I haven't read about that. I just know you aren't supposed to in a partial mash, not sure why it's different in a BIAB.

you shouldn't squeeze you grains as it releases bitter tannins. a sparge of 170 would have been more effective at extracting the sugars tied up in your grains.

love the pictures though - well done!

yeah, that melted or softened PVC scares me. I'm pretty sure it has some toxins like phthalates.

+1 for Hopworks and Green Dragon. Those were my favorite when I was in Portland, Hood River and Astoria. Deshutes is damn good too!

aluminum kettle?

Two different species then?

Might get better sugar diffusion that way!

EddieB428, did you see my PM about starting a homebrew club in Plattsburgh?

Nice to see a fellow northern new yorker. I've done three partial mashes from ahs. their instructions are to steep (mash) the grain in 2 and a half gallons of water (pretty sure). You can then add the extract and boil. Top off later. I really liked their irish red ale. Yes, get the nylon...

using the bottom of the carboy as a the pivot point, you can turn it gently back and forth 5 to 10 degrees it will fall to the bottom. you should be able to do that on the carpet, just don't splash!