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I have some third-year Cascades growing and my largest bine broke about 2'–3' from the crown. It has started to develop lateral shoots. I initially thought I would just train the lateral shoots. But then I read somewhere online that laterals can only grow so long (maybe 40") and that won't be...

I apologize if this has already been posted before, but I couldn't find any pre-existing posts that directly addressed it... I just used the Bru'n Water spreadsheet for the first time for an upcoming mash, and thought I had everything dialed in (using Pickling Lime to raise my mash pH for a...

I've had an extract Old Ale in primary for three weeks. Starting at 1.080, I was expecting a FG of 1.020-1.023 based on this yeast (Wyeast 1318). A week ago it was at 1.030. At that time I roused the yeast, bundled it up, and turned the heat up a couple degrees. I checked tonight and it's still...

I'm an extract brewer and I usually use municipal water (adjusted with gypsum and campden) and that works just fine. But a nearby town has several natural mineral water springs that produce waters that have flavor components (almost citrus-y) that I'm thinking might be a nice complement to some...

I've got a relatively big English-style ale in secondary, soaking on bourbon-ified oak cubes. I tasted a sample when racking to secondary, and (I think) it's cidery due to being "green"/under conditioned. It's got a sharp alcoholic bite, yet is overly sweet at the same time. I hit my target...