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Hey Everyone, I finally tried my hand at Hop growing this year, and it seems fairly successful (so far). I knew nothing when I started in early May. Just monkey see, monkey do. I planted a Cascade, Centennial, Willamette, and Chinook rhizomes. It seems 1 bine, as you see in the above...

I've had my set up for a few years, and kind of have a sense of how efficient it is, but never really went the extra mile to measure/record data at critical steps. I attempted to brew an IPA this past weekend, and made a conscious effort to record as much as I could, with the intent on...

Hey all, My shed brewery is at the mercy of ambient temps. Practically the whole US just got hit with a cold snap this past weekend. I noticed on my cleaning chemical shelf, my draft line cleaner bottles were "sweating". I have 2 different brands, and both were having the same issue...

Hey all, Situation is this; I have a kegorator set up with a 4way secondary co2 dispenser, as pictured below... What I am hearing from this 4way regulator is a slight hiss (not a keg filling hiss. Much quieter). If it helps; - I can hear it along the whole regulator. I also...

During my last brewday, I had an extremely tough fight with boilover. It did the normal boilover routine at the start of boiling, and I dealt with it accordingly with my spray bottle. However, at around the 30 min mark of a planned 60 min boil, it started flaring up again. And it wouldn't...

A new nitro (or beer-gas) system is incoming to my shed brewery. I have a firm grasp on pressures, line lengths, and all that stuff (If not, I'll post a question in the future). The situation I have now is this; I have that 5/16 ID red vinyl tubing for all my co2 lines in my...

Hey everyone, Essentially a yeast, time, and temp question. Situation is this; I transferred my wort to my conical with hopefully no problems. It is temp controlled, however, it's no glycol jacketed FV, and extreme ambient temps are a consideration since the shed I brew in has no...

Hey everyone, Simple question that I can't seem to find an answer for; Should you force carb your beer before or after you filter your beer? Bonus question; Why? I let beer mature in my primary fermentor, and when I feel the time is right, transfer it to my serving keg through my...

Hey all, I'm having some difficulty trying to figure out my CO2 setup. I'm aware enough of how gas physics works (i think), but I really have no experience with the hardware that I intend to purchase soon. I have a morebeer conical (i have the co2 adapter), and plan on using co2 to...

Hey All, I am in the final weeks of setting up my shed brewery, and have run into a mental block regarding quick disconnects. I am torn between the camlocks that I see on such sites as brewershardware, and the stainless steel qd's I see on Morebeer. I know I want to put the male ends on my...

Hey All, I have a question (or a few) about the transfer of wort from my kettle to my fermenter. I am hopefully a few weeks away from my first (in a while) brew day. I am definitely experiencing the "add more time/money" to the original plan as I write this. As for transferring the...

Hey All, My brief brewing life story. I'm Brian from central jersey right on the shore. Started homebrewing in 2007 a few months after graduating college. Went to brewing school a few years later, interned at a major regional brewery right after that, then made the tough choice to not...