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Chill hours are hours below 40 F . You will need to do some research on chill hours for your area . I'm in Florida and my chill hours are about 400 on paper , but haven't had over 100 in a few years. With out chill your trees will not know to flower and thus will not produce fruit. I have two...

You fermentation depends on the yeast type and what character you want to get out of it. For example Wyeast American Ale II has a citrus character at low temps and a fruit character at the higher end . Also within the fermentation you will most likely do some raising and lowering of temps for...

Had Summer Love this weekend it was very nice !

Sorry that was reuse not te-use.

Use the label rate for your sanitizer . I personally use Star San and PBW . I have tried other stuff and find these two products best for me. You can use ( te-use) Star San repeatedly if you brew often enough , but I don't . It's not very expensive compared to other parts of the hobby and...

1+ Captain !!! The beer you are describing would not be a lager. Stout is most often brewed with Irish Ale yeast. A lager is a clean beer, this will likely not be "clean at all".

Ha, I knew someone would give me crap on that !! 1. There are lots of other yeast that do a great job with hops . Cigar City uses 1275 as there house yeast , Stone's 007 house yeast is said to be 007 , Rouge has Pac-man , Magic Hat uses a British strain , and so on. 2. Not all beers are hop...

I think for the purpose of a hobby dive head first into all grain. The fun ( in my opinion ) is the process . And all grain is all process !! I use and like better bottles , never used glass . I also have never brewed extract and have so far avoided 001 and / or 1056 yeast just because it's...

The holes are from a insect not disease . Some insect dust ( Carbaryl aka Sevin) or organic insecticide will fix that. Make sure to treat the under side of the leaves as well as the top. The yellowing is a nutrient issue most likely. Get a soil if you really want to fix it. Or , the lazy way...

Kits: Austin Homebrew , Morebeer , and Seven Bridges all have kits . None of them have much selection , but it is a place to start . Sounds like a good opportunity for someone. Master a bunch of GF recipes and start and online GF homebrew supply . Or, work with one of these shops to get more...

American Wheat - it's simple , fast , and easy to play around with . You can mess with different hops and/or fruits .

Your temps are not in the right range for 1098 . It's happy at 64-72 . So even your high temp of 62 was still too low. I also attach my probe to the side of my carboy with an insulated pouch . Packing bubble wrap works good .

I use a similar one , with basically the process you described . I strike , stir it all in good and drop my probe to about the center of my grain bed and close the lid. I use 1 lbs of rice hulls in every batch ( 5 gal.) to help to keep the temp. even in the grain bed. I believe I got that from...

I was reading up on beer history and desired to have a better understanding of the process that I would need to do it . I started out all grain and love it .

I would agree. Never used drops but seems that I would drop in the bottles and then add the fermented wort. I would be worried that if you added the drops to the bottling bucket you may end up with some inconsistencies . Let us know how it works !

Plant and water them. A rhizome is a modified stem , much like a bulb . Get them in some moist soil and wait a few days to weeks and you should see some growth. It seems the general rule is about 4" deep in a 1' mound 3-5 feet apart . I would place a tablespoon of balanced Osmocote ( 10-10-10 ...

I love AHS ! Always fast order fufillment , great inventory , awesome stocking level ( with the other big stores you see lots of out of stock stuff seldom at AHS ) and a great crush . I do wish the recipe kits had more information on them , like IBU , or what base grain. But, AHS has received...

Very cool ! Keep us updated ! Are you in or out of the traditional hop growing zones? Florida is very hot , humid , and ranges from very wet to very dry seasonally. I was thinking I would get a variety of types and see what makes the cut. There is very little info available about growing...

I just bottled an IPA that I did three 1 oz. dry hop additions to at 3 days each . It turned out great ! What hops are you using ? If bitter is her thing and your brewing a beer to fit her taste I would find a good base recipe and brew it repeatedly with various hop additions always keeping good...

Cool, welcome . What kind of hops , and what is the size of your small hop yard ? I have been thinking of trying a few plants here in Florida . Happy growing!