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Wow I must be blasting the heck out my wort cuz mine only last me about 3-4 (5 gallon) batches. I don't leave the my wand assembly attached either, so I doubt it's leaking out there. I usually just oxygenate for about 45-60 seconds...

I've been searching off and on for the last couple months since trying this for the first time. I have yet to find a clone recipe for it but would love to make this some day. I'm guessing the obvious varaition to most other DIPA's are the hops. Any thoughts?

I usually dry hop at fermentation temp for typically 1 week. I then crash at 40° (leaving dry hop bag in) for 3 days before kegging. Dry hopping is just adding aroma so I don't think temp plays a huge role, but I could be wrong. Also, since active fermentation is complete and you're only...

I haven't been able to find any welding shops near me that refill co2 tanks, I spent a bunch of time calling around. What I did find was a party/ice shop that was able to refill my 5lbs tank for $10.

I used to peek at my buckets often. Now I pitch and check daily till I see bubbling in my blowoff then I just let it do its thing. Once fermentation starts there not much else you can do.

I was thinking the same thing... I learned a lot in my first year, even more in my second year. 1. Cleaning & sanitizing (these are different steps) 2. Like stated before, fermentation temp control. There are other ways to achieve this. My 'go-to' method, before a chest freezer and...

Mashing this recipe as I type!

After a couple days of calling around various sporting good, welding supply, fire extinguisher companies I finally found a location in San Fernando, about a 15 min drive from Santa Clarita. The problem I had was most of the recommended places either couldn't fill a 5lbs tank (due to incorrect...

Thanks Culbertron, after doing some additional research you're right. The cold secondary refers to lagering at 40-45°F, which seem to be the general consensus on themp range.

So I'm trying to figure out what it means by "2 weeks cold secondary"? Would this be 2 weeks at cold crash temps?

That's good to know. I noticed my last smash batch had a slight peachy flavor, most of which conditioned out after a week or so. This was with water bath temp control trying my best to keep it around 65. I read a post somewhere with they described pitching at 60 and allowing the yeast and...

So I just put together my STC-1000+ w/ LED kit (Brews By Smith) yesterday, awesome kit btw! I love how streamline it looks and the colored LED indicators. Anyhow, I built the below profile for Safale US-05. Throw me so feedback please.

I started using the water bath method with my last brew, no off flavors that I was able to notice. However it was a bavarian hefe with a strong yeast taste so I was a bit worried since I've never had it before. However I brewed this kit for a friend and he said it tasted almost identical to...

I stumbled across this post today trying to get a grasp on increasing my mash pH. This helps a ton!!

LOL dang you're right. I was so excited I skipped a month haha....Innkeeper Pale Ale

Still feeling my way around here. Thx!

Sorry if this Isn't the correct area. Christmas in March....every time I come home from work to find one of these lovely packages on my door step, my day just gets 10x better 😎

I will defiantly keep this in mind. Unfortunately my closet under the stairs has no electrical outlets so running power isn't an option (heaters/swamp cooler/AC, ect). I have a ton of tubing so there's no problem at all adding additional length. Funny thing is I bottled my first smash last...

Thanks for all the great info guys! As far as fermentation temps, the last few months my closet has been between 62°-66°. I have a 24hr hi/low thermometer in the room. This encompasses my last 3 or 4 batches. Perhaps I'm pitching with the wort temp too high. I'll check my wort and starter...

I'm trying to figure out where I'm getting this very slight sour off flavor from. I'm now re-reading Palmers book and finding little techniques I've previously missed. So to my question... Could not putting my drain line under the surf, allowing the wort to splash into the boil pot, cause my...