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Same here. Now on my second batch after a 5 year break. Had all the equipment ... except I added the Faster ferment Conical ... oh, I love that thing - removed racking beer from the chore list. I've never used DME to brew a batch of beer .. that sounds interesting - now on my list of things to...

Agreed .. you harvested them too early. There should be a lot of threads/videos on how to tell when your hops are ready.

I can't say I liked it. It was thick, too many berries maybe. I don't even know how to describe the taste - but it was hard getting it out of your mouth. Nobody I had taste it liked it. I wouldn't let that stop you if you want to try it - apparently some people like it. I did not.

Good OG for a hefe ...that puts you at 1.051 corrected for temp.

What type of boiling pot/kettle are you using and have you thought of trying a different pot?

A good overall resource is: http://www.crannogales.com/HopsManual.pdf ...go to Harvest Time (pg 29) concerning when to harvest. I like to look at the hops to test. 1. Take a hop, squeeze it and it should spring back into shape immediately. 2. Then I open the hop from the top down and I take...

Digging holes in my front yard looking for the plastic water pipe. Like a gopher hunting for the white whale.

Also what was your OG and FG readings? And the temp of your mash?

IMHO hefeweizen are not an aging beer. They are best young. Your grain bill looks ok although I've never tried Weyerman Abbey malt. I usually use a Munich malt. Your hopping is a bit high but not problem there. The 3068 yeast is the best yeast IMHO. You didn't mention your fermentation temp...

I agree. In addition I have a bit of variety. Love those 2.5 gallon kegs

I wonder, grassy-ness and low bitterness is usually an indicator that the hops weren't finished on the bines. I often use my own hops for bittering as well as aroma. I've used quite a variety of hops to bitter. Edit: Sorry didn't see that Dan addressed this. Homegrown hops do bitter just as...

2-row ...everything else I get as I need.

LOL - I did that to the poor chaps that got my old place. I dug up the rhizomes the best I could but knew some were getting left behind.

An old fashion hop harvest - love it!

Good to hear. I started out with a FT clone but it morphed into something slightly different and I find it even better than the FT (which I love). You never know!

To me, they would taste differently and I use them differently to obtain different flavours.

Maybe. Doubtful. The only thing you can do is push forward and see what happens. Chances are that you will be all right but something bad could happen, so just be aware of it.

Maybe not a Fat Tire clone ...but why don't you try it anyway ..maybe it will be the best thing you've ever had!

A beautifully geeky brew system! Nice!

I leave them up until the frosts ..they look good and they can store more energy ...but if you have established crowns you can take them down now or later - up to you. When I do take the bines down, I compost ..but they go in a compost pile that isn't placed back on the hop mound. I do put a...