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I am trying to mimic a low SRM, hazy, highly late addition and whirlpool hopped beer similar Tree House in Massachusetts . Every beer I have from them has fruitiness in their hops with almost no bitterness at the finish. I am told that the water they use play a big part of this, due to the...

I wouldn't be posting this question if I hadn't already done everything I could think of to troubleshoot this issue. I had this happen before last year prior to the same annual party we through and I never figured out what was causing this issue, I thought it was a fluke, but now I am seeming to...

I am going back and forth with my decision to get a plate chiller or not. I currently have a copper immersion chiller that works pretty quickly for my 5 gallon batches. With using hose water and then ice water, I can get my wort down to pitching temps in about 15 minutes. I am trying to...

I have my sour mash as sour as I want it and plan to drain it out and sparge but I am having a hard time finding out if I need to sparge at the normal 168F or if it doesn't matter. Can anyone let me know the best practice for sparging a sour mash? Thanks!

I have taken advice from most people and trimmed back my second year hops to encourage growth and the plants have taken off like crazy. Now that I am getting good growth, my question is very simple... How many bines per plant should I let grow and train up the rope? I have 4 ropes per plant...

Alright guys, I am at my wits end. I brewed a Czech Pilsner back in October that will not clear up. I kegged it almost two months ago and it has sat in my keezer around 37F to try to get this yeast to fall out of suspension. I have pulled glasses from the keg to make sure it wasn't just the...

I have some of my hops drying using the box fan and window screen method in my garge. I have a back door to the garage that lets light in and my garage door has windows on it as well that lets light in. How important is it to have the hops in a totally dark place while the hops dry for a few...

I am trying to handle this before it gets potentially worse. Anyone know what could be causing the yellow spots/lines on my Cascade plant? The cones all look good so far but are not ready do pick. This is a first year plant so cones are not huge and the bines are about 10 feet tall.

I have been brewing for years and have always had issues hitting my target mash temp without going above what the Beersmith infusion tool tells me to do and then stirring or adding cold water to get it down to where I want. Today, my strike water was higher than normal due to me taking longer...

A few weeks ago I planted a first year Cascade plant that had been growing in a container into the ground, since it was over a foot long and was very healthy. Since planting into the ground, the Cascade has had its main bine stop growing and the end start to brown up and die. Another bine has...

As I work through some of the joys of hop growing for the first time, I am encountering things that seem 'off' to me based on work with other plants. My latest issue I have is that all of a sudden my Cascade plant that was growing after being put in the ground now seems like the part at the...

I picked some of this up from Home Depot the other day, has anyone used this or know if it will work? http://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-21-x-525-ft-Bundling-Twine-Natural-14109/202048180

I am new to the hop growing game so any help is appreciated. Almost 2 weeks ago I received some Cascade rhizomes in the mail and they had multiple white bines coming off of them already and have taken off since I put them in a pot. After purchasing those I decided to purchase a different...

I couldn't find an answer for this when I searched so hopefully someone can help me out... Could I plant large pots into the ground and grow hops in that? I want to grow hops in an area that gets good sunlight next to my lawn and I am worried about the roots growing out too far and shooting...

I picked up a keg of Sam Adam's Winter Lager yesterday and put it in my keezer last night to stay cold until my sanke coupler arrived in the mail today. When I got my coupler today, I notice this white piece in the liquid output portion and removed it since it didn't look like it belonged there...

I have some that I have had in a ziploc bag that I want to add to my strawberry blonde in the keg to sweeten it up, its about 2 years old. Anyone know if its still OK to use?

Ever since I built the copper manifold shown below, I get stuck sparges 9 out of 10 times. I am now to the point that I want to change things up or figure out what the heck is going on. My manifold is not unlike many others in this forum so I cannot figure out what I am doing wrong. The manifold...

I finally decided to start actually monitoring my pH in my mash with my latest batch of Centennial Blonde. I have always just assumed that the EZ Water spreadsheet was correct and I would add the appropriate amounts of acid to get me in the 5.4 - 5.6 pH range. This has given me good results in...

I am trying to brew a Hefeweizen and have found my Na level of 1ppm in my otherwise acceptable finished water profile (below) seems low. Is it really as simple as adding some table salt (NaCl) or would that throw my Chloride levels out of whack? This is one of the only profiles I cannot seem...

I have seen multiple profiles but nothing specific to what I am working with. Can someone please help me out on my resulting water profile and if it will work for when I brew up a Two Hearted IPA clone this weekend? I THINK things look good but I wonder if I need to add some Na to get my...