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Hi, I'm brewing a Pliny the Elder Double Dry-Hopped for the first time. It calls for a seven-ounce pellet hop addition in the primary on day one, and a three-ounce addition on day six. When I added the first addition on day one, it was during high krausen, so I dumped the hops on top of the...

Hi, I've brewed several batches of Pliny, but this is my first shot at their Double Dry-Hopped variation. Per the recipe, I added seven ounces of loose pellet hops to my primary on day one. On day six I'll add the final three ounces. Assuming it ferments like my regular Pliny batches, it will...

Hi, In the past year I've switched from primary/secondary to primary only, and started really trying to reduce my O2 exposure (closed transfer, fully purged kegs, etc.) Right now I'm brewing a Pliny the Elder Double Dry-Hopped clone, which has two fairly large hops additions at day one and day...

Hi, I've brewed several batches of a Pliny the Elder clone, which has two dry hop additions in the secondary. I use a five-gallon Big Mouth Bubbler when I use a secondary, and I have a Big Mouth Bubbler Depth Charge that I use when I dry hop in the secondary. That has worked well for me, except...

Hi, I've been trying to reduce my oxygen exposure over the past year or so. Stopped using a secondary, added a CO2 collector to pull CO2 back in during cold crash, went to a closed loop transfer, and purging my kegs by forcing liquid out with CO2 before filling the keg. I'm not sure how much...

Been using my Tilt for a year now. I really like it, and I'm used to having some krausen stuck to it when I pull it out, but this was a new one. 21 grams (yep, I weighed it) of krausen stuck to one side. It must have been in the right place to make the Tilt float more vertical. I was brewing a...

Hi, I ferment in an SS Brewtech Brew Bucket, which has a 90-degree fitting on the lid for a blow-off tube. I've used it for years and have always hand tightened the blow-off fitting with no issues. Recently I added a CO2 collector to try and reduce oxygen exposure. That worked well; almost too...

Hi, I'm brewing my latest batch with White Labs WLP002 (English Ale Yeast). When this yeast drops out, it really compacts into an almost rubber like cake. In the past I've just shaken the hell out of it in the flask, before pitching. This time I was wondering if it would work better to toss it...

Hi, I've only made one cider (apple), and that was years ago. It was ok, but nothing great. My wife is the cider drinker, and she had a plum cider a few years ago that she raves about. I keep meaning to try another one, so I thought I'd make a plum cider this winter. I was not having much luck...

Hi, I have a keg that I've never used because it has a lot of cracks in the rubber on top. I got it in a batch of four used kegs some time back, and I haven't had a need for it until now. I'd like to bring it into my regular rotation, but I wanted to make sure the cracks won't be an issue...

Hi, I typically carb new beers for several days in my fermentation chamber before I move them into my keezer. Mainly because I don't like dealing with all the cleanup (fermenter, old keg, beer lines, etc) all at once. But it also gives me a chance to watch for leaks before the new keg goes into...

Hi, A few of the lips (flanges, whatever) on my dip tubes are fairly distorted. Is there any way to reshape these without making them worse? I've tried "tapping" on them with a hammer, but since they're stainless steel, it's going to take more than that. I've enclosed a picture of one of them...

Hi, I've been brewing beer for ten years, but I've only tried one cider (apple) that was OK, but nothing special (I think it finished too dry). My wife is a fan of ciders, and a couple of years ago she had a plum cider while we were traveling, and swears it was the best cider she's ever had. I...

Hi, I've been brewing ten years, and for a good part of that I've considered my fermentation "done" when I get the same gravity reading three days in a row. That became much easier when I switched from glass carboys to a stainless fermenter with a valve, and picked up my first refractometer. I...

Hi, I brewed my latest beer yesterday, and I had krausen blowout sometime last night or this morning. I'm wondering if that's a one-time event and won't happen again for this beer? The reason I ask is because I'm going to collect fermentation CO2 for the first time, to be pulled back into the...

Hi, I've been using a Tilt with a Raspberry Pi for a year and half and it's been working fine. I brewed today, for the first time in several months, and when I pulled up the IP address for my Tilt Pi, I'm getting a screen (I believe) I've never seen before; certainly not what I was expecting...

Hi, I'm brewing an extract recipe tomorrow with a small (just over 1 pound of grains) partial mash. I have issues holding mash temps in my two-gallon cooler, especially with a small mash like this. I've read about using an oven to hold mash temps and I thought I'd give it a try. My question is...

Hi, I'm going to try Northern Brewer's Legend of Lutra extract kit for my next beer. It uses Omega's OYL-071 Lutra Kveik to create a lager style ale. The extract kit includes 3.15 lb Pilsen LME and 3 lb Golden Light LME, as well as 0.5 lb Caramel 10L. Since it's a light extract beer, I was...

Hi, I've got a group of guys coming over in a few weeks for a football party, and I know my beer supply will be taking a hit, so I'd like to get a head start on my next batch. I tend to avoid brewing beers that use liquid yeast during the summer months. In fact, my schedule usually works out so...

Hi, I've seen a few posts on the Plaato Keg Management System in this forum, including a couple of mine, but not many. I'm hoping to get a thread started so members that are already using this product can share tips, issues, etc., and also provide information to members that may be thinking...