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Having a problem with my hops, the leaves have been losing color and turning brown at the edges and look like they are burnt almost. Does this look like disease, nutrients, too little water or too much water or possibly just hot temperatures affecting the hops? Tried looking at handbooks, but...

Pictures My second year plants seem to be doing very well, but I just noticed what looks to be a nutrient deficiency. Some of the leaves are turning brown on the leaf parts between the major veins and also on the edges of the leaves. Some of the leaves that are not yet brown between the major...

I'm building a pump in a toolbox build and I'm having a bit of a problem getting my pipe fittings attached to it to work out properly. My problem is that I can't seem to get the T (and to a lesser extent the ball valves) both tight and aligned in the correct direction. Any tips on how to get...

I've seen many suggestions of making a small hill to plant hops in for better drainage, but I'm not seeing anything about what size the hill should be. I ended up planting my hops Monday in hills about 6" high and 2' across, but I wasn't really sure how big or wide was best for the hops. So...

I switched to all grain brewing after only a couple extract batches and I haven't been too pleased with most of my all grain brews. So for my next beer I wanted to brew an All Grain and an extract equivalent version of the same beer, with the same yeast and match them as closely as possible...

I got a water report done at Ward Labs and I'm going to try to adjust my water for the first time. I'd appreciate some tips/feedback to make sure I'm doing this right. Here's my water report from Ward: 7.4 pH 77 ppm Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est 0.13 mmho/cm Electrical Conductivity...

So far I've only ever done single infusion mashes and then fly sparged. I'm going to try a Rye Stout this weekend and want to try a beta-glucanase rest at 110°F for 30 minutes before stepping up to 154°F. Not sure if it's entirely necessary with the amount of rye I'll be using, but it can't...

Short version: I forgot to take an FG reading, so I bottled a brew at 1.030, what should I do with it now? Long version: Made an oatmeal stout that started at 1.053. I was fermenting in a carboy with a heat belt hooked to a temp controller, aiming for 65°F. During the first day or 2 of...

I brewed a Doppelbock several months ago and it's almost done lagering finally, this is my first lager so I have a couple questions. First: How should I transfer the beer into a keg from the carboy it's lagering in? The carboy is in a chest freezer, so it's probably only a few inches off...

I'm doing a yeast starter for the first time for a brew and I have a few questions. I'm doing a step up starter, I did a 1.8L starter and then just moved it up to a 3.6 or so starter last night. When measuring a starters size do you go off of the size of the liquid or the liquid+DME? How...

I'm planning to make a Doppelbock with an expected OG of 1.087 and I'm looking for guidance on making a yeast starter for it. I have 1 pack of Wyeast 2487 - Hella Bock and was expecting to use just that to make a starter, but I ran the numbers through Mr. Malty and it sounds like I should be...