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You'll notice that the Liberty Cream Ale will be great too after you allow it to age. I tasted mine after being bottled for 3 weeks. It was still too green with an apple off-flavor. I didn't try it again until it was 6 weeks old and it tasted excellent! I've been happy with all the kits I've...

Thanks for the responses. I dug it up today. Unfortunately, there's a high probability it has pollinated my two other female plants. So, they'll end up with some seeds. They are both first year plants too so not too many flowers anyway.

I planted a jumbo cascade rhizome this year. The plant is very healthy and grew to 25 feet but it had all male flowers with zero female flowers. I bought the rhizome from a local grower which was harvested out of their crops. What would have caused this? The plant doesn't seem to have been...

I live in the Pacific North West on the coast. Our average temperature during the growing season ranges 65-70 degrees. Other than this year, it is mostly sunny with morning fog/clouds. What hops will do best in my climate that are decent producers? Thanks!

How are your hops doing? Are the hops in Astoria or Eugene? I live in Florence and I planted this year, Cascade, Centennial and Nugget. The Cascade Rhizome was a jumbo and is over 20' tall, not bad for the first year. The Centennial and Nugget are 10'.

Using this method instead of a grain bag, is there the possibility of it adding more tannic flavoring due to the steeping grains not being confined in the grain bag?

Ah, excellent suggestion. Thanks!

When I brewed my last batch of beer (Oatmeal Stout), I felt like I left behind a lot of the goodness from the grains, even though I sparged them. On my next batch of beer with specialty grains, I was thinking of steeping them in a separate pot without using a grain bag; then pouring them...