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I am currently using a natural gas burner to brew with but I have been considering building a few electric keggles for using in my garage this winter. How long on average does it take to bring 13 gallons to boil using a 4500 watt element?

I built this after I saw Marty's article in Brew Your Own. I built my own evaporator coil to cover more area inside the cooler. I am testing it out on a oatmeal stout, The temps in my garage are in the upper 70's to mid 80's right now, and it is having no trouble holding 66 degrees, it only runs...

Will it harm my beer to use a short piece of aluminum tube in my fermenter for a thermowell?

I just got back from vacation and noticed that my centennial hops are turning brown only on the west side of the hops flower, the rest of the flower is still light green and not drying out, could this be from the sun or is there other reasons for this, the weather has been in the mid 80's and...

My Mt. hood bines have climbed to about 12 feet but today I noticed that both of the highest shoots have stopped winding around the rope and are just hanging down about 12 inches. is this normal or should I climb up and start winding them again, It has been real windy the past few days I am...

This morning I was trimming some of the bottom leaves off my bines, and I noticed than a few of the leaves I cut off had clusters of yellow insect eggs on the bottom side. Should I spray insecticide on the plants, and if so what is safe for hops?

My centennial plants have 20-30 bines stared on each plant that are from 3-18 inches long, is it too soon to start cutting back the new shoots yet?

This week we have had cold temps at night so I covered all my new shoots with mulch/leaves but last night the high winds blew it all away and my shoots were drooping this morning. Should I cut them off and let the new ones just poking out go or is there a chance they will survive? They are 2nd...

I just finished my brewing stand for my keggle, it is nothing like some I have seen on here, but it works for now.

could I grow 4 different variety's of hops on one 16' tee pee set up? or will this get to tangled at the top I don't have room for two but I would like to grow a few different types.

I am adding two more types of hops to my garden and I don't have space where I currently have them, I also want to be able to have a taller pole for them to climb. I have two centenial and two mt. hood that were planted last spring, both did well. If I am able to dig up the plants and move them...