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Hi all, I'm about to use my very small quantity of first-year homegrown hops in a recipe, and I was wondering what kinds of adjustments brewers normally make when using homegrown. Are they generally hoppier or less hoppy than commercial versions? Better for dry hopping? Worse? My hops...

Hi all, I finally have a yard, and want to plant some hop rhizomes, but am worried that I missed the best time to plant them. Here in Boston our last frost was probably at least three weeks ago (although, randomly, after over a week of 70+ weather we may go down to 35 tonight). Will it still be...

Hi all, I went to my LHBS the other day to get ingredients for my second beer. I told him that I was looking for something in the style of a Victory Hop Devil, which I find to have a lot of really good hops taste, and yet not super bitter like some IPAs. Here are the ingredients I walked...

Hi all, So I brewed my first beer about three weeks ago (and posted the recipe I used back then). It was a Irish Stout from a Brewers Best kit. The OG was 1.05, and after a day of clear fermentation, it seemed to stop dead. Two days later, I took a gravity reading. 1.02. A week after that...

First, my specifics, second the more philosophical question: I'm brewing my first (well, second, but first was 10 years ago) beer, a stout that I already had a couple questions about earlier. My OG was 1.05. 12 hours after I started I started getting some nice bubbles. 36 hours after it...

Hi all, This is my first post here. I've just brewed up my first batch, using the 5 gallon Brewers Best kit. My question is almost certainly a recipe question, so I should have almost certainly asked it before I brewed the batch... :o No matter, I'll save the advice for next time. I made...