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I just started 3 plants this year and one of them has taken off and has a dozen or so cones near the top starting about a month ago. Over the past week, there has been a second outbreak of flowers/cones about halfway up the plant. Is this normal? Should these be harvested along with the...

I've been doing AG brews for a while using a 30-quart cooler with a SS braid setup for my MLT and doing boils in a 7-1/2 gallon SS pot on a propane burner. I'd like to graduate to some hardier brews that start off with somewhere between 15 and 20 lbs of grain and higher gravity and still get a...

I have an infection going in something I brewed on Superbowl Sunday. I added lactose and water into the cooled beer before I pitched yeast and maybe (not sure) I just dissolved the lactose in hot water without boiling. Does lactobacillus lurk around powdered lactose? Seems like it might...

I left a carboy sitting with a not-too-strong solution of B-Brite in it for a couple of weeks. I just emptied it and have noticed that there is some calcification of something in the carboy that is pretty hard and stuck to the glass such that the deposits (which look like little crystals) don't...

I have an old upright freezer that works but has been unused since I moved in the house 4 years ago. I was planning on using it for a keezer, but started looking into getting it ready and noticed that the cooling happens in the shelves through a cooling line snaking through each shelf and from...

I have a couple questions regarding water and mashing When I calculate how much hot water (maybe boiling) to add to a mash to bring it up to a certain temperature, do I calculate the new volume of water based on the total mash volume in the tun or do I calculate the new volume based on the...

I lost a batch this past weekend due to an accident by my kids. It was fully boiled down to 5 gallons and cooled and ready to go into the carboy, and I lost it all. I'm almost through the grief (I'm at stage 4). I know I can brew again, but I still have a pint of Kolsh ale yeast starter...

I know that it's (very) late to start a bunch, but does anybody have any selection of rhizomes? I'm looking for hallertau and/or cascades, would use similar, just want to get them in this year so I can harvest next thanks - Mark

Hi Guys - I'm a born-again brewer after giving it up for over 10 years. I've forgotten lots of details in the meantime. When should I rack to secondary (given that I'm going to - I don't need the naysayers here)? Should I wait until the first stage fermentation is done, or should I try to...