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Hey everybody, I'm about to pick somewhere between 6 and 8 oz. of wet Columbus hops from my garden. I'd love to use them to brew on Tuesday. I could dry them, but I've had a few wet IPAs lately and I want to try and make something with them. Plus, I'm having a few friends over to brew who...

I am going to make 30 beers in 30 days. Over the next month I plan on becoming a better homebrewer. I’ve been brewing for a year and a half and really want to understand the process more. I’m reading Yeast by Chris White and Jamil Zainasheff and really want to learn what makes great beer. I am...

Hey Guys, I'm growing my second year of hops and was wondering if anyone had a suggestion for a hop pole improvement. My hops are currently planted in my garden and I need to put up two poles asap. Last year I used two 12 feet poles that had wire connecting them (about 10 feet apart). Then I...

Hello everyone, Recently I've been trying to experiment with creating my own recipes. For the past year I've been doing all grain batches with the wonderful recipes on this forum (and there are many). Usually I make 5 gallon batches, but want to try and use a BIAB setup to experiment with...

Hello all! I was planning on making myself a kegerator from my Sanyo mini fridge, but was just given a new kegerator for a wedding gift! The problem is that this kegerator only has a single tap tower. In the end I'd like to be able to tap into both my corny kegs at once. I've never had (or...

Hey all, I'm in SF for the first time and can't seem to find Russian river. An thoughts on where to go?

Hello everyone, After finding this thread (which is amazing, btw) I decided to make etched pint glasses as part of a wedding gift to the bridal party. I want to etch people's roles on each glass and include a logo of our wedding. Does anyone who has etched glasses/carboys have a...

Hello All, I'm booking my honeymoon in California and we've come upon a stumbling block. We want to do San Francisco (Wine, Alcatraz, Parks, ect.) and drive down highway one in a convertible. We had initially planned on going to San Diego for a while but can't seem to find anything fun to do...

Hello all, I currently have six hop varieties in my garden It is a 20x20 area and the hops are in a row in the middle of the garden. I would like to put up six poles and run twine to my plants. I can't go any higher than 10 or 12 feet (per the city) so I want to put them about 10 feet away...

Hello All, I'm currently renting a house that we will be moving out of this winter. I have six crowns coming in from Great Lakes Hops this week and I was wondering what you guys suggest we plant them in. I'll be putting up two 10 foot teepees for them to grow up (I can't put anything bigger...

Hello all, I was wondering if anyone has suggestions for where I should store my two twenty pound propane tanks. We are renting the house and do not have a garage to place them in. I know that they should not be store inside but I am at a loss as to where to store them outside. I have a tarp...

I finally made the switch to AG (using BIAB) and made my first batch on Saturday. I had almost 85% efficiency and am extremely happy with the numbers that I got. Im using this American Wheat recipe using Wyeast 2565...

Hello all, I've been brewing for a little while now and have just got around to kegging up my beer. I purchased a keg from my lhbs and have been problems with it keeping it's pressure. When I first bought the keg I took it all apart and cleaned it up. I replaced the O ring and installed...

Hello All, Long time lurker, first time poster here. Sorry if this has been asked elsewhere, I've tried looking for it to no avail. I've been extract brewing for a while now but now feel like I'm ready to take the plunge using the BIAB method. I was wondering if any of you could help me...