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Well it's harvest time in my backyard from today. Here are a pics of my Cascade Hops. They are third year and producing wonderful cones. If you want to trade rhimzome please send me pics of your successful plant.

I decided to brew a Belgium Dubbel using WLP500, WLP515, and Safbrew T-58 to see what would happen. The WLP500 trappist ale took 48 hours to get going, but when it finally started it smelled sweet and bananas. The WLP515 Antwerp ale (platinum series) started in 12 hours and smell peppery...

So I want to reaffirm the knowledge on this great site. WLP500 yeast is not a 24 hour starter. Like others mine took ~30 hours to get going. What made me uneasy is I split my wort w/ Platinum series Antwerp ale yeast and it took off in ~8hrs. So I'll follow up with taste reviews on this Dubbel...

So I brewed NB English Pale Ale and I am not thrilled with the result. There is no real flavor to it and the one flavor that I can pick out is not flattering. I can't decide if it's floral or stale that I am tasting. Initially I kegged it, but the pressure valve was not keeping sealed so it...

Well, attended San Fran brewers guild gala friday :rockin: and noticed that sour beer style beer was representing. Russian River had a mob for their special offering and I have to say I'm not a huge fan. Tasted several made w/Brett and few that achieved the sourness with out brett. Don't...

Hey, I am really digging Anderson Valley Brewing Company (AVBC) Imperial IPA. The nose is sweet and the beginning taste is sweet, the middle comes across crisp, and the finish is a wonderful bouquet of hops. So, has anyone tried to re-create this beer either all-grain or (more important)...

Hello, Well I'm on my 7th extract brew and have a question about yeast fermentation times in the primary. After watching everything about brewing beer over the past several months I'm noticing that major breweries mention they ferment in the primary for several days vice two weeks or longer...

I was watching a video that MullerBrau homebrewing put together and he had a food grade plastic fermenter that I am trying to find. It was white plastic with a red spin top. I believe that he bought it from a company that use it in farming maybe dairy production. Any help in naming the...