Recent content by kenb

ok thanks. I've just never brewed anything that low before. Will keep fingers crossed.

The best one on the west coast is this one...350,000 annually attend it. Mt Angel, oregon Mt. Angel Oktoberfest - Home

Ok, i harvested my Centennial hops today and was going for a Fresh Hop Harvest pale Ale with an OG of 1.56. Instead it was 1.36 and will have an estimated abv of only 3.7%! I messed up because i have been doing all grains brews for so long, i forgot how to extract brew i guess, and ended up...

It may be even earlier in Oregon. We had four days of over 100f here where I am, and between the sunshine and watering they really had a growth spurt. My Centennials look like they will be ready within a few days as they have lots of yellow powder and smell real nice all ready, some even feeling...

I ended up cutting it back to about 1 foot a week ago, is still in the planter as i am trying to figure out where to plant. Too much shade at the new house....

My first AG a couple years ago was a total F- UP..stuck sparge...yelling for anti-beer wife to come help... and i trying to strain/drain the wort through a hop-bag..a planned 9% Imp stout turning into a 5% wussy stout.........funny thing is we are moving to a new house now, cleaning out the...

Man this is going to be hard to accept. Today i looked and i actually have about 50 1" cones on my Mt Hood plant. And am moving in 72 hours. So they are not ready to pick yet....Do i really need to chop it down to 3 feet and lose all my crop this year in order for the zome to survive? If i...

Ok, I had two first year Centennial rhizomes this year. The 101f heat in May killed one. The other survived but barely and it now looks good but has only grown to 8 inches high. Should I assume that if i transplant it at my new home next week, it will do ok next year? Or should i assume that if...

Just an fyi to everyone for future reference. 1 day of 101f heat in the Pac Northwest most certainly can kill a 1st year rhizome. 1 of my zomes with a 10 inch high bine died, the other zome barely survived and is only about 8 inches high now in August..

SO cutting the bine back and losing this year's production will be better for the plant next year?

I am moving in 2 weeks and want to take my 2nd year hops plants with me. They had no hop cones the first year, but this year there are several cones starting on a single 15 foot high bine. I have them climbing a rope. Can i just dig them up with roots and all, and replant them at my new home a...

I loves me some single hopped Amarillo. Just did an IPA with 10 ounces of Amarillo hops. Quite Yummy is an understatement....go for it :D

I don't think it matters. The important thing is that fermentation is complete so you are not losing hop aroma to co2 escaping. So just make sure it is complete and then dry-hop for 1-2 weeks.

No, the bines were only 6 inches to 1 foot high. Now a week later and lots of rain, the few tiny leaves left are still brown and wilted and the bines are drooping over.....it may come back, but I am not holding out much hope.....

So does this mean the shoots will stop growing at the height they are now? Gotta wait until next year for cones?:confused: