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I've heard good things about Spike's customer service. Good to see your thorough troubleshooting process, as well. Glad everything is working for you now!

I hope you also like beer :mug:

Lots of Canadians growing hops in the more southern regions, but not sure about up around your parts. You might get some growth but likely not as much as anywhere else. Fortunately rhizomes aren't overly expensive so I'd say go for it and see what happens. When it comes to mulch I'd definitely...

Welcome Trevor, glad to have you. Hope you enjoy your time here and share your brews along the way!

Woah! I've never seen this before and I'm glad I found it now. Great work, looking forward to experimenting with it over the weekend! :mug:

Very cool! I've always wanted to grow hops myself. Following along to see the progress throughout the spring and summer!

You're all good! My only concern would be loss of yeast cells to whatever you stirred with, due to sticking to it, if it's a dry pitch. Otherwise, fermentation will be fine! Just don't stir it up too aggressively post-fermentation 😅

As long as it's drinkable, enjoy it for now! Quick question: When you say you checked it after transferring the beer, what did you do to check?

That artificial-plastic off flavour can occur when sanitizer solution comes in contact with the yeast leftover in the beer. Any chance of leftover solution in the keg after pushing with co2? The color change looks like oxidation to me but based on your process description it seems like that...

This is a new anxiety that I didn't expect to have today. I write so few checks that it's unlikely to be an issue but still....

Thanks Sammy, I definitely agree. The journey was well worth it. I learned skills and met people that will stay with me the rest of my life. Glad I did it when young, and it may translate into something more in the future. There are so many ways to be involved in the world of great beer these days!

...to Average Joe! 10 (almost) year update. I haven't been on this site in a long, long time. To be honest I didn't do a lot of homebrewing while I was brewing professionally. The daily routine of waking up and running a brewing business until it was time to sleep kind of took the thrill of the...

I've long been a fan of Porter, and this time of year has me itching to brew a few of my own variations. I've been experimenting with different hop combinations in a basic IPA recipe to learn what I really like, as well.

Update coming soon! Started the semester today, I will summarize my summer and what's next for my classmates and I in the upcoming days!