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The first photo shows year three growth of Glacier hops and the second is year 3 cascade hops. Hoping for at least a pound from each this year.

So, I have two pear trees that make tons of pears every year. Here's just a few from the first picking. Its about 250 pounds of fruit. There's no way to can or make jelly out of all of this so....PERRY (pear cider) it is!

I have always wondered why there were two types of soda kegs. It seemed to me as though through the years, the industry would have settled on the one that worked best and kegs would have been standardized. That was before I learned that ball lock kegs held Pepsi products and pin lock kegs...

In a never ending attempt to improve my brewery, I began converting my old propane system to an electric/hardpiped 1 bbl system. Well I'm almost done with the upgrade and I will have a basic control panel controlled, clean in place, temperature controlled , one barrel system that I will usually...

A friend gave me this piece of cr......I mean, wonderful and functional still useful refrigerator. Originally, I was going to make it into a kegerator but the generous friend that gave it to me took all of the kegerator parts before he let me haul it away. To make a long story longer, I got...

Does anyone know where I can get a 5 lb CO2 bottle for free? I found my last one at work, so I'm sure that there are places to pick up a surplus tank in South Louisiana. Thanks is advance.

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I am up-scaling my brew rig to make 25 gallon batches, that means that I needed to replace my old 48 qt tun with a 150 qt tun. Here is the result. I started with this marine cooler that I received as a safety award years ago.

Well, I have just mashed 9 lbs marris otter and 1 lb 30 L caramel malt and should start the boil within the hour. I plan to add 1.5 oz kent goldings at 60 and 10 minutes. Sounds a little stout for an ale but I think thats ok. The wild part is that I plan to pitch some 1st generation safe ale...

Ok, I'm doing a little research and development. I am making a brown ale and this is my first recipe. 7 lbs marris otter 1 lb Briess Caramel 40L .5 lb simpsons chocolate 1 oz kent goldings 60 minutes 1 oz fuggles 10 minutes Safale S-04 (Whitbread) The first batch is in the...

I recently picked up a 55 lb sack of marris otter from my friends at Lazy Magnolia brewing company in Kiln Ms. Does anyone have a good brown ale recipe that I can try with my new find? Thanks in advance!

I am bottling my first batch of AG today and need some advice. I primed most of my bottles with some left over carbonation drops from an old coopers kit. I just bottled my last primed beer and still have maybe a six pack left in my secondary. I thought I woulod just spoon a little priming...

Well I finished my first all grain batch today and everything went exactly according to plan. I built my Mash/Lauther tun during the week from a 48 qt cooler and fly sparged. The rig worked very well which surprised me because I figured I would have ot go the drawing board at least once to...

Can anyone tell me the difference in 2 row american and 4 row american barley?

Well, I tried a bottle from my first batch and it had a strong taste of what is best described as "strong coffee aftertaste". By that I mean the taste that a stong cup of coffee leaves in your mouth an hour after you drank it. The beer was good other than that. I think that it needs to age...

My first batch ever is currently carbonating in bottles. When I bottled, my calculated ABV was somewhere around 2.9 which is a result of to much water in the beginning (rookie mistake). How much of an increase can I expect from the secondary fermentation? I would like for my first batch to at...

Does anyone prefer to use the sugar that comes with the Coopers kits or is it better to add more DME? I have seen both recomended and jsut wondered what would make the best beer. If DME is better, how much and what kind would I add to make a 5 gallon batch of Lager for instance.

I ordered a kit from coopers and they had to backorder it. To help ease the pain of my wait and to show what a great company they are, they included a free draught kit with my order. Is there anything in particular that I should do with it when I bottle it? I only ask because I assume it...

Hi everyone! Wow what a great forum. I am really enjoying reading through the posts and am learning a lot. I have started my very first batch of Lager yesterday and haven't seen any signs of fermentation yet. Should I be worried or just patient? Thanks!