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So I harvested my hops a few days ago. I never noticed aphids during the grow season, but after having the cones in paper bags inside my apartment for a couple days there was some sort of hatching and what seemed to be thousands of aphids came crawling out of the bags and all over my apartment...

I have some Magnum and Columbus pellets I was thinking about using in my next homebrew batch, but they have been opened for a couple months now. I put them in ziploc bags when I opened them, but I forgot to put them in the freezer. Am I safe using these (taste wise), or should I just toss them...

I harvested some of my cascade hop cones today, and found that some had been damaged by pests. The ones that were damaged were on the top half of the plant. They appeared to be wilted, somewhat brown, and had chunks eaten out of them. The ones that had been damaged were clustered together in...

I have some first year cascade hops that are ready to harvest, that I want to use in a wet hop pale ale. The problem is I cant brew until next week, so my question is, is it ok to put the wet hops right off the plant into a vacuum bag and throw them in the freezer until I can brew? If i do...

I took my first stab at growing hops this year, with 4 cascades and 2 nugget plants. One of each cascade and nugget grew like crazy and reached 14+ feet pretty really in the season. The cascade has lots of nice looking hop cones on it, but the nugget has only sparse hop cones. the other four...

I have a couple questions regarding some first year cascade and nugget hop bines I am growing this year. First question is, what should I do if the two main bines that a rhizome puts out are exactly the same size? Should I cut one back or train them both on the same twine? I am using a tent...

When steeping specialty grains or doing a partial mash, should the grains be steeped in the full 5-6 gallons that will be boiled, or should they be steeped in a smaller amount of water? I have also read in various places steeping temps of 155F all the way to 170F, what's the best temp to steep...

I am about to get an Oxynator oxygenation kit (the ones the use the disposable red tanks) and I am debating whether it is necessary to use a sterile inline filter with it. Does anyone use one of these set ups without a filter? Have you ever had issues doing it this way? Isn't pure oxygen...

This is my first attempt at trying to make my own recipe on beersmith. I have done a few kits before that turned out pretty good, but I want to try something new. I am going for an a really hoppy DIPA with lots of hop flavor and aroma Amount Item Type % or IBU 3 lbs Extra Light Dry...

I'm a beginner brewer, and like many other people on this forum I started out by reading The Joy of Home Brewing. I stumbled across Papazian's "Barkshack Ginger Mead" recipe and I think I am going to give it a try. This will be my first attempt at making mead, and my main question is, should I...

This is my 4th batch of extract beer, and the first that has gotten contaminated. I was really suprised to see that this one got contaminated, because I was extra cautious with the cleaning and sanitizing, even more so than I was with my previous batches. Everything looked great in primary...

I have a LD Carlson "Hop Nog" beer kit that I was planning on brewing this weekend. I was planning on getting a big 9 gallon pot yesterday so I would be able to boil all 5 gallons, but I didn't have time. Right now I have a 5 gallon pot that I can only boil about 2-3 gallons in. I want this...

This is my 3rd time brewing, I didnt have any problems during the first two. This time I am brewing a "brewers best" IPA. It is an extract brew with some specialty grains as well. I brewed on thursday night (the 9th) and was seeing lots of action threw the airlock by friday morning. When I...