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Finally getting around to posting pics of my hops setup. I'm near Fayetteville, NC and these are 2nd year hops. The 2 on the right are cascade and 2 on the left are centennial. They grew okay last year but nothing worth harvesting. I really enjoy seeing pics of everyone's different trellis...

I have been kegging my homebrews for a while and haven't had any problems with too much head after the first glass or so. But recently I bought a 1/6 keg of beer that came from a micro brewery. What I didn't think of before is that this keg requires the American Sanke style tap instead of the...

Just a question about what you guys do or don't do in regards to your keg faucet after pouring a beer. After a few days mine starts to get a buildup of dried beer gunk on the end of it. I usually don't do anything about it until I get to cleaning it every now and then. Does anyone try and...

I have been a homebrewer for a few years now, and moved to kegging my beers about 2 years ago using corny kegs and a small kegerator made from a chest freezer. My homebrewing has been slack lately with other things going on and knowing that even when I do finally get around to making my brew it...

I just got my rhizomes in this past Saturday (from thyme garden) and planted them that day. I dug out a hole then mixed the dirt I dug out 50/50 with some good potting mix which gave me a nice mound to plant them in. I then put about a 2 inch layer of cypress mulch on top to help keep in the...

When you reuse yeast and by washing it and storing it in 4 pint jars, is it then possible to accurately calculate the amount of starter needed for a batch using one of those jars of yeast? On the pitch count calculator, you have to know how many cells of yeast you are starting with. Do people...

I only brew IPAs because they are my favorite. Currently, I have two batches in their 2nd week in the primary. I plan on giving them 1 more week, then transfering them both to kegs. Since I will only be drinking one at a time, I will proceed to dryhop one of the kegs now by adding a couple...

I usually brew IPAs that have a start gravity of about 1.070 or so and ferment in a 6.5 gallon plastic carboy with a blowout tube and I usually get a lot of blowout stuff. This weekend I wanted to go ahead and brew 2 batches but I only have 1 carboy so I used my old 6.5 gallon plastic bucket...

Just wondering what most of you use to brew your beer when using extract and whether or not it makes a difference in the beer. This would include city tap water, store bought filtered water or spring water, or home filtered water. Personally, I've alsways either used store bought spring water...

I just recently got my first kegerator and put my latest IPA batch in the corny keg the other day. I've read all different forums and even my homebrewing books but I have a few questions I would like to get comments on and see what more experienced brewers think. I wanted to dry hop my...

I used a recipe off northern brewer as the base of this recipe. This was only my 4th batch, all of which have been IPA's, and this was by far my best. Even with all the hops used in this recipe, I still don't think it quite matched the bitterness and hop aroma from the actual Green Flash IPA...

I'm using a carboy with a blowoff tube, and I was just wondering, is it normal that the blowoff tube is still bubbling every 30 seconds or so? It's been about 8 days of fermentation. It's an IPA that had an OG of about 1.072. I've only used buckets with airlocks before this and the bubbling...

My beer has been in the primary for about 10 days. Yesterday I took a sample to check the gravity and it looked like the fermentation went fine as the OG was about 1.072 and the gravity reading yesterday was about 1.018. However, there was still a layer of kraussen, or a yeasty like film...

Long story short, I didn't think my dry yeast looked right when I proofed it, then 1 day after pitching, I wasn't seeing any airlock activity, so I gave the bucket a good shake and made sure the lid was on tight but still nothing. So yesterday, the second day, I purchased another pack of...

My second batch is currently fermenting. It has now been 4 days since fermentation began and the airlock is still bubbling a few times a minute. I don't know exactly what the lagtime was for the airlock to start bubbling but it was less than 12 hours. This batch seems to be bubbling for a...

I brewed my second batch today. Everything went really well as I got to use my new propane burner and did a full boil even faster than doing a partial boil on the stove. So, of course I'm now hanging out with family for christmas and worried that the one or two mistakes I made will mess up...

I am about to brew my second batch. My first batch is just about ready to drink. I tried one last week and it was great. It was a pale ale kit that I purchased and I added 2 more ounces of centennial hops to it to make it hoppier. Now, I want to make my second batch closer to an IPA. I also...

My favorite beers are IPA's and anything else hoppy. My favority IPA is the two hearted ale. My question is, I am not sure if I love two hearted because of the hop bitterness, or hop aroma, or both. Basically, I would like to know which one it is to better understand which types of recipes I...

So last night I finally bottled my first batch of home brewed beer. It's a pale ale and was in the primary for a little under 3 weeks. I had to go ahead and bottle last night so I could have some ready for a visiting friend 3 weeks from now. Last night was the first time I had even seen the...

I've read about techniques for whirlpooling the wort before siphoning the beer into the primary bucket in order to keep out the trub stuff. For my first batch, however, I did not do this and I simply poured the wort into the primary and left just a little wort remaining in the kettle to keep...