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White Labs recommends that if you're going to reuse the yeast, keep the pressure under 15 psi.

2 butts and 4 racks on a 22" Weber at once. Pretty easy to keep around 225F with the smokenator.

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Derek of bear-flavored says, "Conan will only ferment cleanly and attenuate for those with the purest of hearts." Maybe some introspection is in order.

Assuming you repitch for that sucker, I find life easier without all the break material when it comes to handling the yeast. Smaller containers are needed for storage and it's easier to take samples for counts/viability. I will try that rice hull trick for removing cold break one of these...

Ever brew 12 gallons of 1.086 OG Doppelbock?

Have you tried running chilled wort over rice hulls to remove cold break? That would be awesome, instead of waiting hours for it to settle. I only separate cold break for light to amber colored lagers.

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I'll bet if you hold the rest for 24 hours, you'd get some pH drop.

E-mail quote from Vinnie, "We have never found cherries that are not oil coated, we use them with the oil and know ahead of time we will lose some head retention."

These are my go to harvested yeast containers. Autoclavable like mason jars but without the risk of breaking if the yeast is allowed to build up pressure. I mark the outsides at 100mL increments with a razor.

Like has been said, LME is best added hot with the heat source off. DME is best added at 100-120F since it's so hygroscopic that steam will make it clump before it hits the water, making it harder to dissolve. Problem is, I only add DME in emergencies and the kettle is already nearly boiling.

What tubing bender did you use?

The magnet is ~1/8" under the brewers edge heat pad. I routed the underside of the wood base to get the magnets closer to the top surface. Spins no problem but it's not the typical hard drive magnet set-up.

You get 35% utilization in the kettle, best case with pellets. You get 15% utilization after flame out, best case with pellets. I assume a linear decrease from 15% to 0% from just off boil to 175F. Still experimenting though and the only measuring device I have is my palate unfortunately.

I started growing up from slants recently and do cell counts. What I observed the 2 times I've done it: Looped from slant into 10mL sterile 1.020 then into 110mL sterile 1.020 gave 5.7 Billion cells. From there into 570mL 1.040 stirred then into 2.8L 1.040 stirred gave 348 Billion. Looped...

Typically when multi-batching, you pitch enough for the first batch and only oxygenate the first batch. Everyone has their own method though.

I use a grant with a paint strainer bag inside. I've tried many things but still get grain particles at some point during lautering.

Any thoughts on my previous post?