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Yup, I filled up at Windsor too.

So - I have a Sapporo clone that I just started lagering yesterday - yeah, we made it with cereal-mashing some rice - worth entering (in category 34?), or, don't go there? Based on the info on Sapporo's web site I don't think a Sapporo clone would meet the 1.040 OG requirement, looks like it would ...

I don't do anything special other than fermenting at kolsch temps like you noted. I think that yeast works great for IPA!

When fermenting under pressure, how do you handle dry hopping and racking? For dry hopping, I try to do it before fermentation is complete so the yeast will scrub any O2 that gets introduced. Like Curtis, I vent the pressure, add hops and add CO2. I recommend venting the pressure very slowly, over ...

CurtisG wrote: We can make you one though! just promise you won't blow yourself up

I did have to promise this!

I suspect the o-rings/compression on the racking cane would give way before the keg exploded, but both could be catastrophic if you were in the wrong place.

I'm using a Sanke keg with the Brewer's Hardware Sanke kit, but got it customized to have a threaded connection for the blowoff tube and a TC connector on the racking cane so I can attach a ball valve. I bought a spunding valve from Windsor and took it apart to connect to the threaded blowoff to man...

I almost said American Brown Ale looking at the recipe, but 2# of C-40 had me leaning towards Amber. Amber is also tough because it's such a broad category it leaves you more at the preference of the judges.

Brew what you like. Competitions are their own thing.

This is the recipe for the Session IPA I shared last night at the meeting:

https://share.brewfather.app/s7Skn9RRunHVBS

The Centennial (Cryo) is actually Centennial Hop Hash, but the software doesn't have that option. Cryo would be a good substitute but I'm not sure how much to use.

At a glance I'd say:

19A. American Amber Ale

I'm fermenting in a sanke keg with the Brewers Hardware fermentation kit. The iSpindel is too large to fit through the opening.

I like the iSpindel idea but talking to Sam I realized that it won't fit into my fermenter.

We still need both judges and stewards for the competition. The judging will take place 5/18 at Chapman Crafted.

You can sign up to judge or steward on the competition web site at https://competition.brewcommune.com

Brewfather will make a copy of the recipe unique to the brewday that you can make modifications to without changing the base recipe. That's what I'll use for minor modifications based on ingredients I have on hand. If I'm making a recipe for a style I've done more than once I'll sometimes use the na...

The brulosphy article was quite interesting, thanks. I only used SMB before when doing the mead to retain a certain level of sweetness. Also, interesting to me was the use of a BIAG for mashing which is exactly what I employ. Since I bottle condition, I don't purge the bottles with CO2, assuming a ...

I'm not entirely sure what you'd classify my process as... I push the beer from the fermenter to the kegs using CO2, but it's not really a "closed" transfer as I don't really purge the kegs of O2 before transferring. I use a long 3/8" beverage tube so that the fill goes to the bottom...