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I've got cascade, chinook, pride of ringwood, and willamette. The willamette is the only one that is growing well. The rest of them have basically stopped growing anything in the past month and the bine is really thin. I have a couple pics of the problematic hops. The willamette that is growing...

Well since my friend didnt drop off the spices I let him borrow, I cant brew my pumpkin spice today. Although, I do have supplies for a 10 gallon batch of smoked porter that I've been meaning to do. Problem is i am all alone How do you guys brew big batches solo? I always need somebody to...

http://www.fredoniaportal.com/Brewing_A_Barrel_of_Beer/tabid/406/Default.aspx We brewed about 80 gallons of old ale. It was aged in a wine barrel. The beer got a silver medal in the 2011 amber waves of grain comp in the Wood Aged category.

what would be a fair dollar amount to sell an empty ss half keg with the top still on? assuming it will be converted to a keggle.

My friend bought two burbon barrels from GLBC that stored their blackout stout. He would like to brew a beer close to blackout stout to put in these barrels. I have come up with a rough grain and hop bill for this based on this...

How do you force carb to really low volumes? I am going to brew an ordinary bitter and it should be 1.0-1.5 volumes of c02 and according to beersmith I need to set it to 0.69PSI at my fridge temp of 36 degrees. does this seem right to you?

I'm part of a brew club that takes yearly dues to pay for parties, monthly club brews, and a place to hold our meetings. We recently elected a new club president. The VP from previous president is still in the "office" Issue comes up that majority of the club would like to use money from dues...

I am tryin to find some dark candi syrup for a quad and it seems every single east coast store is out of stock. is there a reason anyone knows of that its out of stock everywhere?

I've burnt my fingers on hot kettle handles before but this one takes the cake. Borrowed a friend's counterflow chiller rig for a 10 gallon batch. There are two valves, one to backflush and the other to engage the water to cool. Asked another friend which valve to open and I opened the wrong...

I corked about 25 bottles of tripel today. Do I need to store on the side like wine to keep the cork from drying out?

Anybody know where I could buy these to bottle my beers? Ive searched and can only find 750ml corkable bottles.

The red baron capper I bought over 2 years ago doesnt seem to be crimping very well anymore. The crown doesnt wrap around the bottle's lip like it used to. As a result of this my last few batches that I bottled wont carbonate all the way. Is this possible or am i just goin nuts?

I have a bunch of various bottles that contained a lambic or other wild ale. Would a hot water+oxiclean bath be sufficient enough to clean the bugs out? A thorough rinse and starsan would of course follow. Also, I have some belgian corks and cages coming. Does anyone know if the corks in lambic...

Some guys from my homebrew club are planning on a 50 gallon batch. There is already argument over the yeast needed. I looked on mrmalty.com and it says we should have a starter of 7.6 gallons with 7 vials of yeast in order to get enough viable yeast. The other guys think that making a 1...

50' immersion chiller for only $59 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FDVD5S/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 Just about as cheap as building your own. Really considering buying this one. Just lookin for anyones thoughts on this.

Brewing 10 gallons of flanders red tomorror with a friend for our first sour ale batch. My half of the batch is getting french oak cubes house toast and wyeast rosalare yeast. His half is getting French oak chips and white labs belgian sour mix II or something like that. any tips appreciated

Went to hook up a line to sample an IPA last night, and the plastic pin on the liquid out disconnect was bent. Pushed it down on, wouldnt lock and just sprayed beer all over my face and fridge. I think the bent pin was the problem for it not locking on and instead giving me a face full of...

On thursday my friends and I are gonna wake up extra early and brew 12 gallons of an IPA. My plan is to measure out the strike water the night before so I can wake up and start heating it right away. He seems to think the water will be "stagnant" and not good for brewing. I think its fine...

It's pretty stable actually. Testing it out before the 10gal IPA batch thursday or memorial day.

Installed a weldless fitting in my keg today, with a pickup tube shown in the pic. Filled it up with some water past the valve and drained to see how much was left. To my surprise there was quite a bit of water left in the keggle. I guess this will be trub/hop **** after the brew. link to...