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  1. jperry

    San Diego Keg n Bottle 20# CO2 $20 refill!

    Hey everyone, I just had my 20# CO2 tank refilled, for $20 bucks:ban:. It would have been a lil over $32, before the discount. I wanted to pass along the savings. Just mention the ad, that they're running on Craig's list, and Ebay. Normally, I have my tank exchanged at Airgas, for over $40...
  2. jperry

    My bag of hops look like a smack pack, why?

    I've never seen this before, and was wondering if anyone else has. I have a 1lb. bag of Simcoe Pellets, Hop Union, that is inflated like a balloon. I bought that bag in January, 2013, and its been in a freezer ever since. I have four other, 1lb. bags of Simcoe pellets, that I bought in...
  3. jperry

    Brewing Extract, without nuking the Extract.

    1. When I first started brewing, I picked up a kit from my LHBS, and followed the directions and ended up with beer. I thought the beer tasted okay, but it was very dark and ugly, for an IPA. This had me scrambling for answers, most of which led me here to homebrewtalk.com 2. I wanted to...
  4. jperry

    5 gal corny keg as a randall?

    Could someone with a bunch of extra hops, and an extra corny keg, potentially rig up and use a 5 gal keg as a hop randall? make a filter, over the "randall" keg diptube, fill it up with fresh hops and dispense a fresh keg through the randall keg? Oh, it sounds too dreamy at first. but ****...
  5. jperry

    Enjoy by 4.01.13 at Bevmo

    This is just a heads up to alert you hop heads about this crazy good IIPA, being available at Bevmo, two per person limit. and They still go fast. Side note, they also had Firestone Walker Sacuba 2013, so i grabbed one to age. Cheers:mug:
  6. jperry

    Homegrown pomegranates into wine?

    I recently picked a few bags full of "wonderful pomegranates", from my backyard, and I really wanted to make some wine. I've searched the internet and cannot find enough info about the subject. It seems like everybody just buys that POM juice. (Obvious reason, nobody wants to squeeze all the...
  7. jperry

    Small green grasshoppers hatched

    So, i was looking over my hops plant and I see some small green insects, jumping off the plant, when i was near it. I got closer and to my surprise I see a bunch, in a small group, just on top of the soil. I brushed the top layer of soil away and noticed a bunch more. All in all, I think I...
  8. jperry

    Hop choice dilemma

    I am currently browsing Yakimavalleyhops.com, to purchase more hops but I'm having a tough time choosing between a few different varietals. They are running a special, and my current budget only allows me to choose one of these three great deals. Which would YOU choose and WHY? COLUMBUS...
  9. jperry

    Taking care of your crown after harvest?

    Hi, I've been searching for information about how to care for the hops crown after you've harvested, and the bines start to die back. I cannot find much info. I know that I should keep the bines up, for first year plants, but I have no idea if I need to keep watering. I live in san diego, and...
  10. jperry

    Transplanting and Vitamin B1

    Hi there, I just bought a few chinook crowns from Great Lakes Hops and I was wondering if anybody uses the product "vitamin B1" for transplanting their hops and reducing plant shock?
  11. jperry

    New to Brewing and Growing Hops (San Diego)

    Hello Everybody, Im a newbie, from San Diego (east county). I am very interested in brewing and growing hops. I actually just received my order of Chinook live plants from Great Lakes Hops and they are outstanding, compared to the rhizomes i had bought. I'll admit that I was hesitant about...
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