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Really don't have the equipment to cold crash it. Have any of you experienced this before and why do you think it happened? Is there something else I can do or should I just go with my plan to taste and if ok bottle on Thursday?

These are photos of it in the secondary. I was planning on bottling this week at some point.

Dry hopped it 8 days ago using 2 mesh bags. This is the first time I have used bags to dry hop. I did sanitize both for over 20 minutes before adding hops and dropping into secondary. Today I went to see how things were going and noticed one of the bags opened and the hops were floating around...

Thanks for the responses :) Great to be part of a brewing community now.

So taking US-05 up to 87% shouldn't be a problem you think if I use a starter (1/2 DME 2 cups water on a stir plate) for maybe a day?

Reason I ask is I'm trying to come up with a recipe for a Modern Times Protocosmos beer using a partial mash. Here is what I have found on their label- ABV: 7% IBU: 90 Final Gravity: 1.008 SRM: 4 Hops: Galaxy, Ahtanum and Centennial Grains: Two Row, Carapils, Munich and Vienna Here is my...

Any suggestions on how to achieve a low final gravity with a high abv. Seems like strengthening the attenuation of the yeast is a start but not sure how to go about doing that. Any pointers for a noob brewer will be appreciated.