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OK, I am probably not going to use it. Thanks!

I used a blowoff tube for my latest batch (it was a pitcher with sanitizer in it). After pouring out the sanitizer, there appears to be some really good yeast in the pitcher, and it smells bready (like yeast). Should I save this and try to make a starter out of it? I figure its kinda like top...

I brewed this a few weeks ago and it is dry hopping now. Smells AWESOME!! I hit all my numbers and ended up with about an 8% ABV, so it attenuated pretty well. Can't wait to get this into the keg :)

I moved the Cascade IPA out of the chamber and into a secondary. Hydro sample tasted so great! No off flavors (I have been fighting a banana flavor due to temp swings in my swamp cooler setup in the past), but this had none of that. It is dry hopping now in my house, and will go to the keg on...

Midwest plastic Big Mouth Bubbler. Already put it to use on a Citra IPA.

I have an all Cascade IPA in the secondary dry hopping and a Citra IPA in the fermentor chugging away. Might brew one more this upcoming weekend just to have the pipeline filled.

I have a freshly kegged batch of Yooper's Stone Ruination IPA dry hopping with whole leaf hops (tastes amazing, btw!), a keg of local craft brew that is half empty, and a nearly empty keg of Dogfish 60 IPA. I have an all Cascade IPA dry hopping in the secondary and a Citra IPA in the fermentor...

Kegged my Ruination clone yesterday, put it at 35 psi for 29 hours, and just tasted a pint. SUPER tasty! I have a small banana flavor, but I think that can be attributed to my swinging fermentation temps. That should be fixed now that I have a temp controlled chamber to make the next batch...

Bummer. Thanks.

Moved mine to secondary after two weeks in primary. It is dry hopping now, and it did ferment down a couple more points to 1.010. Sample was again very tasty. I plan to move it to the keg tomorrow (5 days of dry hopping), and dunk in 2 ounces of whole leaf dry hops. Hopefully it will be...

I have a Dogfish 60 in the keg, a Stone Ruination IPA getting into another keg on Friday, and a Cascade IPA going into the secondary on Saturday. Looks like I need another IPA to brew on Sunday :)

I snapped the curved section of the inner tube of my autosiphon. I have a replacement from an old siphon and would like to remove the bottom grommet on the the broken siphon and put it on the old siphon so I don't have to buy a whole new autosiphon. Has anyone done this? It looks like it...

I switched over to my newly built STC-1000 temp controller and it is holding my fermenting Cascade IPA right at 65F. This will be my first truly temp controlled brew (used water bath and frozen water bottles in the past).

I brewed a Cascade IPA on Sunday. I overshot my efficiency a bit, and adjusted the hop additions to compensate. I went through all of my harvested yeast on the last batch of Yooper's Stone Ruination IPA so I started up with a clean 1056. My OG was 1.060 and it is chugging away in my new...

Do you whirlpool both hop additions for 20 minutes at the same time? I may have to try this one.

Just checked the gravity at 6 days from brew day (couldn't help myself). It has fermented down to 1.012, which is about where most of my beers ferment to. I think it has a couple more points left to drop before it is all done. Sample tasted great, and it feels like a 8% beer (though I can...

If you had it at 72 for more than a few days, it might just be C02 and not fermentation. Something to consider.

Do you guys carb up the keg with the dry hops in the keg? I presume so to prevent O2 oxidation.

I brewed this on Saturday, but couldn't find my stupid hydrometer flask to take any measurements. I bought a new one so I can get a FG when fermentation is complete, which will be something at least. Fermentation did take off in about 4 hours and it needed a blowoff tube by Sunday morning...

Only in Oregon can you receive whole hops from your realtor! :D