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Gravity was 1.012. I had @ 90% attenuation after primary. No activity for first week in secondary. We lost power for two days after Sandy and had some pretty significant temperature changes. I had a bacillus infection in my last brew and this looks nothing like it. I'm hoping its just CO2 blow off.

I have a similar secondary question and thought I'd mention it here. I'm sorry if I took over someone else's thread. I racked my holiday ale to glass carboy secondary two weeks ago and added two cinnamon sticks. After about eight days I started getting a head on the beer. My LHBS guy (who is a...

Yeah, that was my issue as well, finding copper in the right lengths. Ok, next question, since the wort comes out of the brew pot immediately after boil, does anyone change their hop schedule? I'm concerned that if I add hops at flame out the wort won't get enough infusion time.

Thanks for the feedback! Now, how about length? I've seen chillers built with 20, 30 and 50 foot lengths. I'd like to use 20 feet of copper. I'm on a well, so the water gets pretty cold. Will 20 be enough?

I'm considering building a counterflow chiller using some of the online designs I've seen. My question is, do I really need a hot water/ all rubber garden hose? It seems to me, with the speed of the temperature drop, as long as I don't run wort through the copper line without the counterflow...