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I did a follow up FG check yesterday evening, and I pulled my dry hop bag out (after 5 1/2 days DH, about 8 days total primary), as I want to give any debris that made it through the bag time to settle out before I bottle. The gravity is continuing to work down... it is down to 1.011 now, which...

+1 on this, I do it all the time as a matter of habit. Specifically, I scoop a teaspoon or so of my starsan solution on top of the piston.

The beer is an attempt (my first) at an NEIPA-ish beer so I'm not concerned about clarity, that's why I wasn't considering cold crashing. Having said that, I've actually only cold crashed (sort of... Wasn't as cold as typical crash temperatures I don't think. I don't have proper cooling...

Grassfeeder, thanks that makes total sense. Back to the topic of my go at this recipe... Like I said I took a gravity sample this morning and I put the sample in the fridge for the day to drop out a bunch of the hop debris (lots of it as I took the sample from right in the thick of the hops)...

I've got an IPA in primary, with a pile of dryhops in it. I used a large paint strainer bag to line the bucket and dryhopped into that, and will remove the bag before packaging. Quick question... does anyone have any advice on how far in advance of racking I should remove that bag, to allow...

Did another gravity check this morning (day 6) and it dropped further than I predicted, after 1.013 now, which I'm happy with, hopefully a little more of the magic biotransformation took place. Will do another check in a couple days to confirm it's done. On that note, I've read lots...

These two questions are kind of pointing to the same answer. No, you don't need to filter before bottling, it will sediment out... especially if you are patient and/or cold crash (cool off the beer, in the fermenter, significantly for a day or two before packaging). "Careful racking" means...

Dry hopped my batch this morning, which was the morning of Day 3, about 62 hrs after pitching . I was debating doing it last night as strong fermentation seemed to be starting to tail off, but decided to wait until today, and I may have missed it a bit. By this morning, it had calmed right...

Thanks. :)

So I know that mashing at a lower temperature within the acceptable range will result in more complete conversion of starches to simple sugars, promoting a more complete fermentation and drier beer.... and that mashing at a higher temperature results in less complete conversion, more complex...

I like that answer... just run with it and all will likely be fine. Thanks!

I finally got around to brewing this (scaled down recipe based on recipe in post #123, used Imperial Barbarian yeast) on Sunday. I had lousy efficiency in my mash so ended up topping up with about half a pound of dry extract, might mess with the resulting beer a bit, but I'm hoping not by too...

That looks pretty slick!

On a side note, I also ordered a bag from you last night, Wilserbrewer. :)

Ahh, ok, yeah I definitely did not have that much. More like 'dregs' of dust. I'm on the lookout for a mill, and reading up on mods to mount it to a bucket. I see this one too, guessing all these types of mills are similar, just different brands...

Is this the type of mill I'd be looking for? https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B000T3ML4G/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

I may end up looking into that. I don't really want to spend more $$ on gear... But if it reduces my grain bill by 5-10 % or more, it would pay for itself. Might start poking around for prices here in Canada.

The supply shop I've been ordering from double crushes them for me. I think the crush is decent... everything looks crushed, and there is some dust in the bags. Is it possible that a badly done scaling in Beersmith could cause this, if the grain amounts aren't correct? I scale by inputting...

Well I did up a batch today, using the large grain bag... And I again had a lousy mash efficiency... About 67%, Instead of the 75% as per my Beersmith estimates. So I'm back to the drawing board. In my first handful of biab batches I found 75% to be a good estimate for me, was able to get...

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