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Interesting, that was one of my favorite Sonoma County beers. I would reach for that over Lagunitas or Russian River any day

What a steal!

Bracc I love how cost effective your brewing setup is, but then here you are with a digital refractometer! I guess this purchase is worth the investment would you say?

Use some super old cheesy hops?

College football season is upon us

Brewed an Oktoberfest. The Lutra kveik is happily chugging along as we speak

Bitburger Festbier and a white pizza pie

Have you tried using Brewer's Friend? It's free software with a water calculator that tells you exactly how much of each salt is needed for your goal

Bottled an Amarillo blonde. Getting ready for an Oktoberfest brewday tomorrow :)

Nope never done it before. I've been reading a lot on the Omeg Lutra thread and it seems some people get clean results and others still get a signature kveik flavor, even at varying temps. I'm hoping there's enough malt flavor to overpower anything. All I know is it's gotta be cleaner than Voss lol

Research & development :D

Maybe I'll tweak it next time thanks tho :)

Based on the VMO section of Designing Great Beers by Daniels... 70% Vienna 21% Light Munich 8% Caramunich I And 1% acidulated for the pH Hallertau to 23 IBUs, brewing salts leaning toward malty but still relatively soft I brewed this last year with US05 and liked it a lot. It had 4% Crystal...

Bought ingredients for a Marzen with Lutra to brew this weekend. Ferm chamber (aka my bedroom closet) has held pretty steady at 80F. My plan is to pitch at 70F and let active fermentation and ambient temp bring it up to 80-85F and fingers crossed it comes out as clean as I'm hoping for!

Warm fermented Oktoberfest with Omega Lutra. Seeing a lot of variety in the smoothness vs kveik-iness of this strain in the Omega Lutra thread. My closet is at 80F most of the time, so I think I'll chill to 70F and pitch, and let active fermentation and ambient temp raise it up to 80F and see if...

OneStep cleaner works well too

My last few beer runs have been for Sierra Nevada bottles specifically, even though the selection on the east coast is such a bummer. Nectarine ale in a variety pack, come on Grossman :confused:

HB pale ale

You're doing 20 L batches? Too big for a paint strainer. I had a BrewBag that I liked a lot, but have heard great things about Wilser Bags

I had a bag like that but after a few brews I replaced it with a cheapo paint strainer bag from The Depot. I think the large bottom mesh is supposed to mimic a false bottom in a MLT that you draw wort through a ball valve to your kettle, which is not how BIAB usually works. As far as...