Recent content by mthompson

The ones I had were Hop Loopers. I used some Bonide Garden Dust or Bonide Capt. Jack's (both are "organic"), put a Tbsp of powder in a hand spritzer with some water, and used the jet to spray the plants. Took care of the Loopers, but probably a lot of other bugs as well. This reminds me I...

I would definitely start looking for losses in wort along the way, then either correct for them in the water/grist or try to change the process to reclaim some of it. I only lose about 2-3% points after the mash. (unless the recipe has a lot of hops, since I use mostly whole leaf and they...

I lied... Forgot the 0.5oz Cascade I snuck the other day to hop a 1gal cider batch. Edit: 33.25oz Cascade Total 844.95oz (52.81 lbs)

30oz Centennial 32.75oz Cascade Total 844.45oz. (52.78 lbs)

Total 781.7

No worries. I searched a while to find info when I was building mine.... They don't exactly advertise it as such. I have lots of experience with aquarium silicone and it peels off everything. This rtv red doesn't even scrape off with a razor.

You are very IN-correct... Permatex red rtv is NSF/ANSI St. 51 certified. http://www.devcon.com/userfiles/file/mb-06_nsf_2011_high_rez.pdf

I noticed that the teflon tape sorta melts after boiling. However, the rtv red gasket maker is still intact (even on the flat parts where silicone usually peels right off). I am going to take mine apart and use the gasket maker on all of the threads and on top of all the compression rings.

Looks expensive to fix...save the $50, wait a few more weeks for the canning stuff to go on sale, then get a pressure canner. You can run pints/quarts of 1.020 and 1.040 wort for starters and dozens of vials all together in pint jars with tinfoil over the top. (The lids on the vials need to...

You could always remove liquid from the vials and replace it with yeast slurry from the baby food jar. My vials are all about 1/4 yeast after they settle.

I just harvested Centennials in the middle of last week. My Cascades are just starting to look like I should be checking them daily....still a few days out for them right now. I have to go to my sister-in-law's to check some Glaciers she has for "decoration" on a pergola....on my...

What year are these plants? It takes about three seasons to really have the best production quality/quantity. Did you pick them at the peak of 'ripeness'? Home growers have the luxury of waiting an extra week before harvesting which allows for peak flavor maturation. I let mine grow until...

It wasn't all of the cones, but I wouldn't have wanted it to be many more. It was late in the season and they only messed with Centennial, so I didn't do anything except pull the pupae/caterpillars I found and fed them to my bluegills. The half that wasn't chewed developed normally.... So...

It wasn't all of the cones, but I wouldn't have wanted it to be many more. It was late in the season and they only messed with Centennial, so I didn't do anything except pull the pupae/caterpillars I found and fed them to my bluegills. The half that wasn't chewed developed normally.... So...