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I have 2 plants that are 3 years old I need to move next spring. When I move them should I plan on trimming the roots? also i will be moving them to the side of my house and building some raised beds with brick one plant per bed. Does anyone have any info on how big I should make these beds? I...

I am looking to buy a kegging system but have some issues with parts. looking at duel regulates they come in low pressure or high. What is the best to use i will be using pin lock kegs i get them for $10 each and i have 12 coming so i will stick with pin lock

1lb Crystal 40L 1lb Crystal 60L 1lb crystal 20L 1/2lb melodine malt 6 lb vinna malt 4 1/2 lb maris otter hops 1 oz galena 13% @ 60min 1 oz spalt 2.6% @ 20 min yeast notty I get about 77% efficiency I will take any suggestions on hop/malt balance i have not done any...

I have some oak chips with brett in them. After I rack the beer i am wondering how to to store them.

going to try my first lager this weekend and figured that would be a good time to try a decoction mash. my question is you actually boil the mash correct? and if this is try how does it not pull out tannins

i have no solid temp control just a little rigging to make sure my beer stays below 70 in the summer's peak. yesterday i racked i beer into secondary and added some cherries. the beer has been sitting in my kitchen for 3 weeks fermenting( me lazy) really not sure how i managed to leave it there...

i made a beer from some random stuff not too long ago and it turned out wonderful. it's nice and roasty the head is insane actually a bit too much head. i would like to modify it and add some cherry juice in the secondary, then split the batches and sweeten one before bottling. would love any...

I wanna try a sour mash with a cranberry beer I currently do from extract any suggestions are welcome. will be stating the sour on Thursday and mashing on Sunday. a few questions. how does sweetness effect the sour. If i mash on the higher side will the sweetness negate some of the sour...

i am brewing an orval clone it is currently in the secondary. the recipe is highly carbonated and uses brett yeast. it also calls for heavy bottles my home brew store suggested champagne bottles but they only come in green and look tacky. i would really like a stylish bottle but do not want...

I am doing an Orval Trappist clone. my beer has totally fermented in the primary with white labs Trappist yeast. i have been waiting on my brett yeast to come in and now it is here but i am not sure if i should make a starter or pitch it as is. I have been told that simple sugars can...

i brewed a beer boiling cranberries for 15min. does anyone have any idea how much gravity that is likely to add

is there anyone that can give me an estimated og for 5.2 gallons for this 6.6 lb LME wheat 6 oz torretified wheat

i forgot i had 2 pounds of pale malt crushed am planning on tossing them but figured i would ask first. they have been crushed for about 2 months and don't taste right.

alright my next brew was suppose to be a trappist style using from bret yeast in the secondary. sadly my order won't come in till early next week ( actually a good thing because i talked to my LHBS adn there order got into town but won't deliver because of the 4th). Anyway i walked around...

I picked up the stuff to make a Duvel cone then this morning i realized that the corn sugar for the boil is in lb's and i have no way to weigh it. Does anyone have a fairly reliable way of converting corn sugar from lb's to cups. recipe calls for: 1 lb 11oz (kettle) 11oz dosage

so i was messing around with some stuff and did a plain low hopped beer really just sparging and practicing lowering and raising mash temps. then I figured i would sparge as long as i could and collect the run off seperate to seen how it ended up. long story short when i mixed them back...

last night i was playing with some wort i had left over from a Higher gravity beer the wort was 3.5 gallons of .o41 mostly pale malt any way i was lazy just wanted to rack it over and tired so i racked in straight into a 3galon carboy i had ( SMART RIGHT). cracked my carboy and wort was rushing...

last night i was playing with some wort i had left over from a Higher gravity beer the wort was 3.5 gallons of .o41 mostly pale malt any way i was lazy just wanted to rack it over and tired so i racked in straight into a 3galon carboy i had ( SMART RIGHT). cracked my carboy and wort was rushing...

would torching the top of the wort caramelize the sugars and make then less ferment able and a sweeter beer ?

I am alone tomorrow and I have the day off so I figured I would celebrate by doing a little something I would normally get beat up for(she claims to not like the smell of mashing. I am going to throw a barley wine like brew together not following any recipe jut going for it to see how the...