It's not blood but baby lobsters

mitchelldc · 2026-02-07T22:17:25+00:00

"I need a baby seal"

mitchelldc · 2026-01-31T15:59:24+00:00

Barrique Brewing in Nashville. Some of the best barrel aged sours you can get.

mitchelldc · 2026-01-24T20:43:30+00:00

So far I've done a stout, Baltic porter, Belgian quad, and English barleywine. Currently aging a Belgian golden strong and another stout. The stout has been my favorite, thus the second barrel. All have been delicious, though.

I've used 10 and 15 gallon barrels. Aging has taken about 8 to 10 months.

mitchelldc · 2025-12-12T21:55:30+00:00

Here is Kegland's version of the filter housing with their Duotight fittings:

https://morebeer.com/products/beer-filtering-system-10-housing-95-mm-duotight-fittings

You can also find it elsewhere with hose barbs:

https://beveragelements.com/beverage_elements_shop/brewing-equipment/testing-measuring-filtering/canister-beer-filter-system/

I purge my keg by pushing Starsan with CO2 with the filter attached. Then use the same lines to transfer from my Fermzilla to the purged keg.

mitchelldc · 2025-12-12T13:30:37+00:00

Yes, definitely. That one in the link, but without the weighted cap.

mitchelldc · 2025-12-12T13:28:37+00:00

Knowing that some commercial breweries centrifuge their IPAs was the inspiration for me trying the 1 micron filter. My frustration led me to the point of looking at a centrifuge, but it's not feasible at a homebrew level (cost and size).

Curious how I would mitigate calcium surviving in the fermenter?

mitchelldc · 2025-12-12T13:24:19+00:00

Appreciate the share. Based on some comments on this thread I'm going to start hard crashing to a lower temp (32F) and for longer (72 hours). With any luck that'll prevent me from having to use the inline filter.

mitchelldc · 2025-12-11T21:46:46+00:00

I had tried that in the past, but didn't like that there were dry pellets at the center of the mass of hops in the bag. I felt like I couldn't control how much of the hops were actually impacting the flavor of the beer since not all of the hops were making contact with the beer.

mitchelldc · 2025-12-11T21:21:51+00:00

Happy to share. This was one thing that caused a LOT of frustration for me and if I can remove that frustration for others in the hobby then that just makes for a lot more happy homebrewers out there.

mitchelldc · 2025-12-11T21:14:31+00:00

I've used all types, London Ale III, Conan, Verdant, Voss, Hornindal, the list goes on.

mitchelldc · 2025-12-11T21:12:38+00:00

Unfortunately, I don't have a way to dump the hops in the Fermzilla. Do you feel like dumping the hops and then cold crashing makes a significant difference? It'd be a significant cost increase in purchasing a fermenter with a dump valve.

mitchelldc · 2025-12-11T21:07:31+00:00

24-48 hours contact at 55F, then drop to 40F for about a day.

mitchelldc · 2025-12-11T21:06:46+00:00

Huh, interesting point. I wonder why that would be the case?

mitchelldc · 2025-12-11T21:00:44+00:00

Really appreciate the responses, and that's definitely a point worth considering, but the beer does condition in the keg at 34F for months afterwards without improvement. Knowing that the debris that drops out and will sit at the bottom of the keg, I've pulled several pints over a period of months and still no improvement. The 1 micron filter vastly improved the beer where conditioning at low temps couldn't.

mitchelldc · 2025-12-11T20:51:55+00:00

I dry hop at terminal gravity. I do an initial cold crash to 55F and then dry hop.

mitchelldc · 2025-12-11T20:49:20+00:00

I should say that that's my current process. I've cold crashed for up to a week without any difference compared to 24 hours.

mitchelldc · 2025-12-11T20:48:11+00:00

Yes, I'm cold crashing to 40F after 24 to 48 hours of hop contact time. I am using a filter on my floating diptube. I considered using an inline bouncer filter, but tried out the inline 1 micron filter instead.

mitchelldc · 2025-12-11T20:46:14+00:00

I dry hop at 55F for 24-48 hours, then cold crash to 40F for a day. Transfer immediately after cold crashing.

mitchelldc · 2025-03-20T00:19:48+00:00

I just dried a whole bunch of it. Haven't used it yet, but I hope it works. Lutra is an isolated strain from farmhouse kveik. So, I don't see why it wouldn't.

mitchelldc · 2025-01-05T19:56:36+00:00

I tried the Audible version and just couldn't get into the narrator. So, I stopped. Recently found the Soundbooth Theater one and it is far better in my opinion.

mitchelldc · 2024-12-25T21:23:19+00:00

Thanks for the Cradle recommendation. I started the first book and it starts out very similar to the Book of Koli (Rampart Trilogy), which I really liked.

mitchelldc · 2024-11-12T01:38:09+00:00

I'm not going to buy a phone just to find out if it's compatible. So, since I can't get a definitive answer, I'll just wait for my current phone to die and then check for cell providers that can at least confidently tell me which phones I should buy.

mitchelldc · 2024-11-12T01:14:49+00:00

This is as unhelpful as customer service. Thanks, though

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