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I pitched at 80F and now it's around 85 during peak fermentation. I did another Lutra beer that was more like 90/95F and it's amazingly clean tasting. I've got lots of head space, I brew 2 gallons in a 3 gallon fermonster :)

Nice, that sounds tasty. I just did an all Citra brew that I liked a lot. I'm hoping for some piney/resiny flavors and aromas with this one. I'll be dry hopping 0.5 an ounce of each tomorrow morning

What is a RIPA? I've lost track of all the acronyms these days :D

Earlier, a homebrew blonde ale and then a session IPA at a local brewery (Main Line Brewing, RVA)

Just pitched Lutra kveik into a West Coast IPA with Chinook and Simcoe hops

Oh yea, it's possible I bought a longer threaded piece. Now I don't remember. @bracconiere here's what mine looks like now

I was trying to go that route and I could only find brass pieces that weren't quite right. And the ball valve itself is almost $16. Which is why I went with the stainless steel pre-built one lol and it's still rock solid over a year later

Here's what I did to my 5 gal cooler https://www.brewersfriend.com/forum/threads/show-your-diy-projects.1026/page-24#post-128768

This is the one I bought. Had them put on a 3/8" barb instead of 1/2" https://www.kegconnection.com/stainless-steel-ball-valve-w-bulkhead-weldless/

Are you looking for a pickup tube as well or just the weldless bulkhead ball valve? I would imagine that the parts for the 5 gallon would fit a 2-3 gallon cooler, but not the 10 gallon stuff. The difference between Igloo and Rubbermaid is whether or not the large fatty washer is needed on the...

Brewed on Saturday, reached FG sometime in the last day or so

Checked the Oktoberfest with Omega Lutra. It's reached FG, just trying to decide when to bottle it. I usually lager after bottle conditioning

The Oktoberfest gods have been kind to me this year

I need a break from Voss kveik beers lol I've been drinking twangy orange beers for weeks now

What make and model fridge is this?

That's possible. I was buying it at the brewery. That is their rotating SMaSH series, the malt stays the same (pilsner) but the hop changes batch to batch. I was impressed with the depth of flavor they got from a smash recipe

I'm also curious about your grain bill, if you wouldn't mind posting it :)

Two days does seem fast for the krausen to drop, but it is a lager yeast so sometimes there's just not as much krausen as an ale yeast Definitely let it keep going, it potentially will take 7 or more days to hit FG. You could try warming it up a few degrees to make sure the yeast have some...

Have you taken a gravity reading? Did your recipe have a lot of specialty grains or adjuncts? I've brewed a Czech Dark lager with that same yeast, fermented in the mid 60s, and had about 90% base malts. It finished out primary fermentation in 8 days

I pitched about half the pack into 2 gallons of 1.056 "Marzen" and it should be finishing up in the next day or so without issue. Fermented around 80F