Recent content by GWSenese

Thanks all for the great suggestions. I'll be splitting the juice additions in two and tasting in between. My usual saison is with WYeast 3711 (French Saison)

I've got about 2 gallons of frozen concord grape juice left over from making Jelly and am thinking about using it in a beer-wine hybrid. I know concord grapes aren't recommended for wine making and thus may not be great in a beer, but since I have it i'd rather give it a try then let it go to...

My drying setup

picked the rest of the Columbus and Cascades last night. Didn't get much but figured i shouldn't let them go to waste. Can't wait to see how these do in the second year! Columbus on the vine Cascade on the vine Cascade Columbus picked Cascade picked

Ended up picking about 90 percent of the Columbus last weekend and using all !! wet ounces in a blonde pale ale at flame out. they smelled wonderful. Columbus on the bine 11 oz wet close up flame out addition Next time i use whole leaf hops (this was the first time) i will...

8/17 - more hops! In the end, I'm glad only two of the Rhizomes survived as 4 different plants would have been impossible to keep separate. For this year, we are just happy to have any hops the first year and are extremely excited to see what next year brings. I'll be harvesting...

6/28 - Cascade on left, columbus on right 7/27 - Columbus made it to the top and started growing over the partio 8/9 - we have hops!

The Columbus broke ground on 5/16 with the Cascade's not far behind. The Centennial and Nugget never broke ground. Looking back i think i planted the Rhizomes a little two deep and most likley they rotted. After breaking ground the Cascades grew quickly. 6/5 - Cascades 6/5 -...

For the planting area, the only choice we had was the backyard (southern exposure) that gets good sun in the morning/early afternoon but some shade from trees later in the day. We wanted to hops to grow at the end of our patio so eventually they could be trained to grow over the top, shading...

Getting ready to harvest our first year Cascade and Columbus plants on Sunday for a Wet Hopped Blonde Ale and wanted to share the setup we used and the results we had. We live in Gaithersburg, MD, for those who want to compare planting/harvest dates regionally. We ordered 4 Rhizomes from...

I feel like i may have been the only person who ever purchased this from Northern Brewer...

I have a cask kit from Northern Brewer and wanted to know how others handle transporting their casks. I know you are supposed to place the cask at it's serving location, keep it cool and vent for at least 24 hours, but what do you do when that isn't possible? I would love to bring a cask to a...