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I am new to hop growing and only have a 2nd year cascade and a few I planted this year. my ? problem is that on my second year cascade is growing great 16 ft tall or so but where ever there is a cone start or whatever its called in the bottom 7-8 ft of the plant has turned brown and is there...

I am makeing a fermentation chamber that is heated not worried about cooling right now. I am going to use a ranco controller and was thinking on useing a under tank reptile heating pad but noticed it says to only put on glass not wood which is what the inside of my chamber is made out of so what...

I am going to make a Berliner Weisse type beer with WLP630 Berliner Weisse Blend yeast I know I am going to use a bucket and never use it but for another sour beer but what about a secondary since I would like it to age for 4-6 months so will it affect the glass carboy as well? also if I wait...

I am going to make a Berliner Weisse type beer with WLP630 Berliner Weisse Blend yeast I know I am going to use a bucket and never use it but for another sour beer but what about a secondary since I would like it to age for 4-6 months so will it affect the glass carboy as well? also if I wait...

I got 2 oz of apollo hops to try out and was going to try a smash with them they are 18.2 alpha 13 lbs vienna .5 oz 60 min .5 oz 20 .5 oz 10 .5 oz 5 min should be about 64 IBU,S wlpoo1 yeast whatcha think

I am going to make a barleywine with 26 lbs of grain and was wanting to try and make a parygyle with the third runnings. just wondering how I am going to do it is right. I am going to use my first and second running to collect about 8-8.25 gal of wort and then sparge my last runnings with about...

just wondering what the standard or if there is one on reuseing yeast from a SG beer . I read somewhere that one should not repitch teast from a beer that is higher than 1.060. I made an IPA and the OG was 1.071 should I use the yeast on another brew or not

just had a question on if I need to use rice hulls or not for a ryepa I have a pvc manifold in my mashtun I am going to be useing 20% rye and the rest 2 row. I have read that people have issues with wheat and stuck sparges I have not the last one I made was 60% wheat and no stuck sparge so...

I opened up my keezer yesterday and noticed small amounts of mold on my kegs here and there. anyway of keeping it from growing? I did notice some moisture here and there in the keezer

I am planing on makeing a chocolate stout and have lots of nugget hops was wondering on what people thought of useing all nugget hops for a chocolate stout. I have made all nugget IPA,s and they where great

dont know what the final gravity should be on a vienna smash but mine is at 1.018. I mashed 14 lbs at 151-152 for 60 min with an OG of 1.061 and pitched a good amount of washed wlpoo1 it fermented like crazy some came out the top dont think it will go any lower just wondering if anyone else has...

I just got a 55lb new sealed bag of muntons maris otter in trade but noticed the date on it said best by the end of may/ 2010 I am thinking it should be fine just wanted to get a few more thoughts

I made a barley wine that started at 1.124 pitched 4 packs s-04 in a 6.5 gal primary bucket took off good but after 12 hours its going all over the place no big just put towels around it. my question is it going to loose alot of yeast and not finish out? I figured I lost at least a quart so far...

I am makeing a barleywine right now and used two much water and ended up with 10.5 gal in the pot.a normal beer I make with my system I start off with 7.75 gal and get to the 6 gal mark right on. so I dont think a two hour boil is going to get me down to six gal.so I am thinking on a 2.5 hour...

I have searched around here for some time and am trying to figure out the best type of chamber to build or buy. my wife doesnt really like buckets in the liveing room bubbleing away so I need to make a camber questions are if I convert a 5.2 fridge with a johnson control will it stay 65 or so...

I have a barleywine that has been in the carboy for about 3 months and was wanting to bottle it soon. my question is do I really need to add some fresh dried yeast? if so how much

I have made cider in the years past but its been a few years. I usually make 3 gal batches for my 3 gal corny keg. I used 3 campden tablets waited 24 hours then pitched s-04. 14 hours later there is a slight layer of stuff on top but no activity. dried yeast usually kicks in by now. few...

I have a corona mill comeing in the mail and was wondering if anyone here that has one could measure the hopper for me? I would like to know how wide it is where it goes on the mill and the inside and outside of the hopper itself. just trying to get some stuff together that I have that might...

I have a corona mill comeing in the mail and was wondering if anyone here that has one could measure the hopper for me? I would like to know how wide it is where it goes on the mill and the inside and outside of the hopper itself. just trying to get some stuff together that I have that might...

I can get some fresh clean spring water in the coast range by where I live just wondering if it would be good to use in an all grain batch