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Because breweries are hopping at 7# per bbl, enjoy the shortage

Jumping in this thread, but if anyone is looking for beneficial insects for their IPM I strongly suggest checking out Evergreen Grower's Supply https://www.evergreengrowers.com/ They sell many different beetles and mites for a variety of control. They also have a great selection of organic...

The small amount of star san solution would buffer out almost immediately and become ineffective by the massive dilution into your beer.

If your normal efficiency is 75-80 and one time you got 97 I would be looking at your math and hydrometer first...

gotta dry hop with your frosted chocolate sugar bombs, I work with a few breweries that do it this way. Enjoy your Red #40

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So would you say this was a fist...bump?

Support your LHBS or we'll all be buying online soon...

People are reacting to years of expensive beers, massive hopping, fruiting, and other ******* weird ****. I for one welcome the return of beer flavored beer.

Yep, stale beer in the line. I have 4 taps at home and usually have to drain pour a couple ozs off the keg I don't drink often.

White labs 099 high gravity might work, white labs claims it can go to 25% and carries the STA1 gene as well

sure, carapils smells and tastes gross

This this this this, I'd swear you live where I do

Is anything needed at all? I'll add this to the conversation though, one of these two products smells and tastes gross. Carafoam at 5% will add significant head retention.

15.2g of NaOH is going to add a lot of sodium...I would use calcium carbonate

My vote goes to Bierstadt but I would't fight that one either!

Oh yes, it's just the exception now and no longer the norm. Bierstadt Lagerhouse, Crooked Stave, a few others are truly exceptional. I'm speaking more for the very small operations that quit their cushy corporate job to "live the dream" because it's trendy.

Another easy technique is to save roughly 50% of the extract until the last 15-10 minutes of the boil, this will help the color a lot.

Blichmann recommends raising the PSI on your keg by 1-2 the night before to account for the small loss of CO2 using their gun.

The rest of the country may still be filling in and growing but in Denver there is going to be a rash of small brewery closings this year, several breweries are up for sale currently and we are starting to see guys close that opened 2-3 years ago. I'm fine with it, our market is too heavily...