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Glad you liked Strata. Did you get much strawberry from it? Hmmm, any strawberry flavor? What sort of hop bill did you have? Any chance that overpowered the yeast?

Has anyone tried the Omega Sundew yeast in a NEIPA? I like the strawberry description. Never tried Strata hops either but it lists strawberry flavor as well. All the sudden I want a strawberry beer!

How much temperature can a keg take? Can you put basically boiling wort into the keg and put it into a chest freezer to cool it to pitching temperature?

I may try it. Do you stir the fermenter occasionally to help with the hop contact? I saw another thread where they put washers in the bag and a big magnet on the outside. May have to do that since the brew bucket is stainless.

@DuncB Interesting idea. I have been doing some high hop doses lately, 2 oz/gal. I am using a SSbrewbucket and usually put 5.75 gallons in it since I lose so much because of the high dry hop dose. There is not much headspace left, the lid is usually covered with yeast. Makes me think the...

I'm looking how to dry hop without introducing oxygen. Could I put the hops in a keg and connect it to the fermenter to purge it with free CO2. Would having the hops sit in the keg for a week or so be an issue? When fermentation finishes transfer into that keg. After a few days cold crash the...

@BrewnWKopperKat Thanks for that link! That is what I have been doing for my water, RO water from the machine at the grocery store, CaCL2, gypsum and Acidulated malt. I read all the water threads thinking I should be doing more, always trying to improve, maybe I am ok where I am. Mostly I brew...

Used this yeast twice so far, made amazing NEIPAs. In the hour long video from Lalamond and Verdant, they recommend top cropping yeast when at about 1.030. I never top cropped before, only collect and wash when kegging. I have kind of given up on that, too much work. So I top cropped and have...

I am planning a Shiner Bock Clone but only have access to Safale S-04 and US-05 yeast at the moment. Limited to these, which would you select? What temperature would you use? 4lb 2-Row 4lb Vienna 3lb Flaked Corn 1lb Cara60 0.5lb CaraPils 0.063lb Carafa3 0.5oz Warrior 60 min

NOOB here, first batch in fermentation! In Florida where 65-75 degrees just doesn't happen much. It is 75-80 in the garage now. What is that going to do to my fermentation time? I am planning on getting a used refrigerator and make a raspberryPi thermostate in the future but need to see if/how...