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4-18-2015 brew day 4-19-2015 pitched yeast OG 1.046 ... Oops! Used only 6lbs DME instead of 7. Oh well. On the plus side, OG was spot on for 6lbs. Made a half gallon starter from 2014 Pharaoh Hop'n'khamun washed yeast, but no activity in starter after about a day, so also pitched rehydrated Lallemand Munich wheat yeast. 4-25 dry hopped 1oz Chinook, 0.5 oz crushed juniper berries that soaked a day in about 0.5 oz gin (tossed the gin in there too; yeah, how I roll) & 12 oz pomegranate juice. 4-27? About 16 oz sliced dried Tunisian organic dates. 5-2 Added another 12 oz pomegranate juice and kegged. Kept dry hop and juniper on far longer than I intended, but turned out for the best. FG 1.012 ABV 4.5% Broke a poppet, dammit! Hammered that jerk back together an all seems well. Just better now ever remove that poppet again. On the beer post of the keg without the yellow band. Hansen post. 5-3 Force carbonated under about 25 psi. Agitated keg for a couple minutes. Came out beautifully. 5-8 Getting better by the day. Upfront juniper notes that fade quickly giving way to a nicely rounded date taste followed by a lingering pomegranate. The Lallemand wheat yeast adds a great touch. Seems more Belgian than German. Great stuff. I wonder what it would be like with a saison yeast.