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Not everyone I know cares for the style, but I like the Mayflower Summer Rye. I'm trying to make something similar. So far I have, 5# Pilsner 3# Wheat 2# Rye T-58 Yeast I'll use some of my hops I have grown from my freezer - likely Willamette, Halertaur or Sterling. I want to stay...

I'd like to bring a keg of CO2 Beer to a function, but would like to use my 5# Beer Gas cyclinder to push it. The cylinder I now use is 20# w/ a dual regulator and it would be easier to transport the 5 pounder beer gas cylinder (actually a 5# CO2 cylinder with beer gas in it). Does anyone...

I live in SE Massachusetts and my Kent Goldings haven't been doing well. I have Cascade, Willamette, Stirling and Hallertaue which all do well. I use 2 strings for each of my plants. However, l am only getting a few hops off of my well established Kent Golding bines. I didn't really trim the...

I've been having a lot of problems with twine breaking this year. I just re-tied one plant that fell from over 21 feet last week and 2 more fell this week. This is only a problem on my cable setup. I have a cable between 2 trees and twine going up to that. The hops sway a bit and I'm sure this...

I'm down in SE MA and my Willamette's look nearly ready to pick. The other hops are no where near ready. I assume that this is fairly early. A lot of my leaves have been eaten, but I haven't done anything about it. I don't know if this effects the maturity of the hop. Anyone else in the area...

Does Beer Tools Pro factor in the water loss for using whole hops? I have never used brewing software and was leaning towards BTP. My last brew I used pellets instead of the whole hops I usually use. I found my keg overflowing as a result. Maybe there were other factors but this seemed to be...

I just measured mine today for the first time. The cascade hops on my shed support are 15-16 feet. (Some growing over that already) The 4 hop varieties in my garden on a cable between 2 trees are 21-1/2 feet. The cascade hops growing to a second story gutter are unmeasured - I'd say at...

I built a kegerator out of a small freezer (AKA keezer). It was a little unusual in that I used a wood lift design over the hinge rather than over it. This has the advantage of making it easier to get into the keezer. In other words, the wood part lifts with the lid. Anyway, I noticed that the...

When I put up my hop lines, it is difficult to get them tight and they sag. Does anyone see any problem in this? I suppose if they are too loose they may bump into each other in a high wind and cause a problem. I think that part of the problem is that the wire I tie the strings to is very...

Any difference between More Beer's Oxygen system $30 and the Oxygenator $50-60? I guess if I can't decide if I need one of these, why would I pay more? My current method is to pour my wort between my ferment pail and boil bucket through a strainer now. When there is too much foam to pour anymore...

I know this is a hop forum, but do you find yourself looking for recipes based on the hops you have? I hate to buy hops when I have my own. I also have made wet hop beer in the past and have also substituted my hops for others in recipes. No one has complained, so I guess it has been alright...

I was modifying my keezer and putting my faucets back in. I thought that I was tightening the faucet with my faucet wrench in the slotted thing on the faucet and beer came gushing out. I can only guess that this is a reverse thread(?) I looked around for info on this but couldn't find any. So my...

Talk me out of what I'm thinking of doing. I usually hold back some wort for my keg for carbonation. On this batch of "Hoegaardarden" I probably sparged too much, but @ 1.054 the OSG was spot on. Believe it or not, over 5 weeks of fermentation down to 1.008 (vs. a projected 1.012). Well, I...

I read the sticky and must say I am impressed. Has anyone tried the coolship method where you just pour out all your hot wort to cool and let it get the yeast from the air? This is what is used in Belgium and Alagash in Maine. I've been to Cantillon in Brussels where they use this method. I...

I once made a Duvel that came out well. It was like a Duvel light as I didn't go with all the recommended added sugar. Anyway, as I recall, I made it based on a description I got from a Michael Jackson book. Problem is I can't find the recipe and don't remember the name of the book. Does...

Is it OK to use BTF to clean my kegerator lines and taps? I wasn't sure how to clean them, so I just hooked up my BTF-filled corny to the CO2 and flushed some through. I've only had 2 kegs in my 2 keg system so far and now am brewing 2 more.

I want to build a tap handle display. I would think it would be easy. I just need a 3/8" male thread stuck or screwed into a piece of wood I assume. I've only seen these on eBay, so... I bid on 4 tap handles and only have 2 taps. Has anyone any experience here?