Recent content by Plowboymiz

I'd have to say Fathead's for food and huge selection of beer or if sticking to a micro/brew pub mentality, the Church Brew Works.

Uh yes, and a fresh vial of Vicodan's!!

I slipped while trying to dump sparge water into the MLT and of course, instead of the water going forward, it fell back on to me with my face taking most of the 180 degree wrath. Adding insult to injury, when I fell to the ground ravaging like a loon from the pain, I hit my fryer stand (still...

Na, you are from da burgh. Most yinzers can't comprehend this stuff unless its says Arn Sh*tty on it.

Triangle is like going to my favorite junk yard (no pun intended):cross:..... you never know what kind of stuff he is gonna have that nobody else does.

So, are you the guy that got the last hefe yeast vile from South Hills Brewing?:mad:

Also don't forget Rolling Rock on the list... Had to get that in there being from Latrobe and all.

I don't know, the best dry hopped beer I have done was a pale ale with cascade bittering and flavor, dryhopped with EKG. The EKG leaves a nice "floral" aroma that I thought balanced out the citrusy cascades. May be you are looking for a different aroma that you will not get out of these...

According to the document written by Crannog Ales, chickens are beneficial to the hopyard. They serve 3 really good purposes: eat bugs and grasshoppers that can destroy a crop, scratch soil surfaces to help keep weeds down and promote aeration, and leave chicken sh*t which is high in nutrients!

That's a fine looking boer ya got there!!

I too have upped my ratio to 1.6qt/lb from 1.25/lb and noticed an eff. gain of 10%. Thanks to the OP for bringing this up!

Amen, they really made my Edworts Haus Pale extra yummy!!

Jedno pivo prosim. Na zdravie!! :mug:

I guess I should have said I am actually in SW Pennsylvania but NY is the closest I could find anyone who is growing on a scale larger than a couple plants in the back yard.

Me and a coworker are doing the exact same thing at my place this year. I contacted a small grower in NY and the harvesting labor was/is the factor when trying to decide to go bigger. His exact words were "if you can figure out a way to get them off the vine efficiently, the sky is the limit."...