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I planted Magnum and Cascade last year and both produced first year.. This year the Cascade has gone crazy.. Last year the neighbor mowed the cascade over and they still reached 15 foot and bore!!!! To tell you the truth I never watered it last year and only planted it in some aged manure and...

This is the second year of my hops and they did great last year. I read all the stickies but they don't say what year we have to start digging up the rhizomes??? Do I not mess with them till the 3rd year? :confused:

I have a vanilla cherry mead that refuses to clear... I followed a recipe here for a 1 gallon batch.. 2 lbs of honey yeast nutrient 2 lbs of fresh cherry's 2 vanilla beans Montrachet yeast 4 weeks in the primary, 8 months in the secondary... Bottom 1/5 of the glass bottle is really...

Well it was my 40th Birthday this weekend so I decided to bust out a few bottles of apfelwein I brewed a year ago..:mug: As you can see from the pic it's still and cleared beautifully... Upon opening I noticed a strong apple aroma.. Clean taste and no bad after taste.. It's really really smooth...

:ban: This graff has been in the bottle for 4 months, the bubbles are from alittle carbing I did..But she's clear as a bell and really freaking good.. http://www5.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=530174026/a=1086282026_1086282026/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/

I scaled back the original recipe because I was using a 3 gallon fermenter..I added 1/2 lb brown sugar but forgot to scale back on the DME ..:cross: The OG was off the charts but the notty worked it's magic and some month and 3 weeks later I popped the top off the first..:rockin: Taste...

I made 2 meads about 4 months ago... One grape and one vanilla/cherry.. Same basic recipe: 2 lb 8 oz honey Grape juice to fill 1 gallon Montrachet yeast 2 lb 8 oz honey 2 vanilla beans 1/2 lb cherries Montrachet yeast Just racked off the primary and they both cleared but real...

I have 2 apple trees planted in my yard and I get plenty of apples off them.. Both are macs so my questions are: 1. Is any apple ok to use?? 2. Does this now make it hard cider and not Apfelwein? 3. Do you rack the skins along with the juice? 4. Does it take longer to clear? 5. Do you...

I'm going to be getting within a month of bottling my first batch and wanted to know what's the favorite way to make it.. To carb or not to carb?? To back sweeten or not?? Could you post in the poll to choose a winner?

I made the grape mead and it's the second day after pitch... I can see alot of little bubbles but the airlock doesn't seem to be aggressive at all..There is alittle leak around it as I can smell it.. Do I need a repitch?? Doesn't seem to have any head at all, nothing like it's big brother...

I love the guy to death but that SOB mowed down my 8 in bines...:( His property is next to mine and he did me a favor by trimming the side of my house, but you never saw a grown man cry till I walked the dog and found my bines trimmed down to the ground.. It's early in the season and I'm too...

This weekend I was lucky enough to get a guided tour of the brewery On Nantucket Island.. You can see the second year hops vines browing nicely and they also produce spirits too... Here are a couple of pics ..Not quite a homebrew , but they grew from a garage to being really popular here..

Is there such an animal?? I tried searching the forum but got no hits.. I have a huge 6 year old black currant plant and I use the tons of berries for cooking , but I'd like to try a wine.. At the end of the season they aren't very sweet but have a terrific taste and deep color.. Maybe a mixed...

I ordered 2 hops and dutifully planted both, even kept the labels but the wind blew one away..Both have sprouted (one is cascade) but I've forgotten where I ordered them from and can't remember what kind the second is..:drunk: I think it's magnum but really don't know.. Is there any way to tell...

I kept them 4 days in a nice cool place but they sprouted anyways, is there any problem with planting them now? It does make finding the top and bottom easier..LOL.. And do I water them to real wet? or just moist?

Seeking words of advice about one of my favorite brews...Pumpkin Ale.. What is the secret?? Alittle history.. I tried a patch of micro brewed PA a few years ago and decided to try my hand at one.. I goggled a recipe off the net and went all grain with the addition of canned pumpkin.. The pumpkin...

Walkers Fruit Farms NY Route 39 Forestville NY 14062 (716)679-1292 This farm stabilizes and concentrates their juice for fermentation.. They have over 20 varieties in huge chilled vats.. Also they have everything you'll need in supplies, super cheap!!!! They charged me .50 for sanitizer...

:mad: Well that's what you get when you grow them in the State Park I guess.. I planted 4 zomes couple years ago and they came up fine until they reached about 2 foot then something kept eating them..Eventually they stopped coming up...I just ordered 2 more to plant in G-ville hopefully outside...