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  1. Dem Castles

    Anyone brewing Brut IPA?

    I've had 2 to 3 day fermentations with Voss at those temps pretty regularly. You might have a better way of getting oxygen into your wort than I do. Idk but I mashed at 150f Yeah it is a little thin at 1.006, that 2nd day at 1.010 was spectacular to me. I've never had it go down that low to...
  2. Dem Castles

    Anyone brewing Brut IPA?

    I'm using Lallemand Voss and white labs Ultra ferm. OG = 1.058 I fermented at 100 degrees for 3 days and just dropped the temp to 70 to drop out yeast and try to stop fermentation at 1.006. I added ultra ferm because I have only hit around 1.009 - 1.011 with Voss. In 2 days I hit 1.010...
  3. Dem Castles

    Omega Saisonstein's Monster OYL-500 yeast, anyone?

    Oh that's right, I forgot about the attenuation. Thanks for the help
  4. Dem Castles

    Omega Saisonstein's Monster OYL-500 yeast, anyone?

    I've just read stuff on hop creep, not sure if this pertains to saison yeast. However I'm using a spike brewing flex. I've dry hopped 8 batches with a 4 oz dry hop and used cellar science silafine to help drop everything out before kegging.
  5. Dem Castles

    Omega Saisonstein's Monster OYL-500 yeast, anyone?

    I'm planning on fermenting at 72 for 1 day, 75 for 2 days, and 77 for the rest of the time. I'm fairly new to brewing and this is my first time with a Saison yeast. Do you know if I dry hop at 70 after fermentation, will I have to increase the temp for a diacetyl rest?
  6. Dem Castles

    Omega Saisonstein's Monster OYL-500 yeast, anyone?

    Just pitched two packs of this in a 1.045 OG Saison at 72 degrees now. Any idea how long to leave in the fermenter? Planning on dry hopping with Vic Secret and Waimea
  7. Dem Castles

    Lyles Black Treacle flavor

    I know this thread is old, but have you made any other old ales using black treacle? Trying to make something similar to Founders curmudgeon
  8. Dem Castles

    Low Oxygen Dry Hop

    I did 1.5 oz of pellet hops in the sight glass and there's plenty of room for maybe a total of 3 grams. I had to open and close the butterfly valve a few times to get all of them in but it does work. I will definitely be dry hopping with this method from now on. Yeah just remember to keep...
  9. Dem Castles

    Mixing yeast strains

    How did your beer turn out? I'm thinking of making a stout this weekend using the same 2 yeasts you used.
  10. Dem Castles

    Fermenter Stirred up!

    Did you have to filter out the hops when you transferred or did you just rely on cold crashing and slowly transferring? Also, did you get any grassy flavors from the cold crash with hops in your fermenter? I currently have only 1.5 oz of hops in my spike flex+ at 70 degrees right now, gonna...
  11. Dem Castles

    Spike Conical- observations and best practices

    I'm probably not going about this correctly. I am trying to clear the beer up as much as possible and also trying to make sure all the hops drop out to the bottom so transfer is as easy as possible. My thought is to have more pressure in the sight glass than the fermenter, so when i open the...
  12. Dem Castles

    Spike Conical- observations and best practices

    Quick question I just dry hopped at 70 degrees. It is currently under 10 PSI in my spike flex + I want to add super kleer in 2 days the same way i dry hopped (using a sight glass) Can I decrease pressure to 2 psi and then drop in part A super kleer, rock the fermenter gently to swirl it...
  13. Dem Castles

    New Hop Combos

    Looking to dry hop for the first time, I'm looking for something to blend well with the whirlpool hops (see recipe at the bottom) I'm thinking maybe 1-3 oz of either; El Dorado CTZ Waimea Pacific Jade Rakau Azacca Below is the recipe for an IPA, Malts (15 lb 15 oz) 9 lb — Simpsons Pale Ale...
  14. Dem Castles

    Dry hop selection

    Looking to dry hop for the first time, I'm looking for something to blend well with the whirlpool hops (see recipe at the bottom) I'm thinking maybe 1-3 oz of either; El Dorado CTZ Waimea Pacific Jade Rakau Azacca Below is the recipe for an IPA, Malts (15 lb 15 oz) 9 lb — Simpsons Pale...
  15. Dem Castles

    Spike Conical- observations and best practices

    Interesting, all I've done for my past two closed pressure transfers is keep the co2 hooked up at 5 PSI, purge the sanitized keg multiple times and start the transfer until my fermenter is still pushing out clear beer
  16. Dem Castles

    Spike Conical- observations and best practices

    Oh sweet! Looks like it should work out okay then. Thanks so much for the help 🤙🏼
  17. Dem Castles

    Spike Conical- observations and best practices

    Right, that's what I've done on my last 2 brews. This will be my first attempt at dry hopping under pressure (and dry hopping at all) and I'm a little gun shy about opening the butterfly valve to drop the hops out of the sight glass around 6 or 8 PSI while the fermenter is at 3 PSI. I've never...
  18. Dem Castles

    Spike Conical- observations and best practices

    Oh wow, okay that's great to know. I was afraid of it shattering but I will only use about 5 PSI on it and release all the pressure in the fermenter. I am not sure if releasing all pressure in the fermenter is okay to do? I have heard of creating a vaccum if you do not add co2 during the cold...
  19. Dem Castles

    Spike Conical- observations and best practices

    Oh okay thanks, do you know how much PSI the sight glass can handle? Also is there any problem with just releasing all pressure within the flex+ and then adding the hops in via sight glass/manifold combo? It is at 65 degrees now and I will dry hop for 2 days. Then cold crash at 36 for 2 more days.
  20. Dem Castles

    Spike Conical- observations and best practices

    Cold crashing now from 90 degrees to 65 degrees over a day or so. Yeast- Omega Hot Head Ale Kveik Here's the dilemma, I was hoping to dry hop using a sight glass/butterfly valve to minimize oxygen exposure. Due to my kegerators height, I would have to move the fermenter out and then do the...
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