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I've been using HopsDirect for a number of years. Usually buy 7-10# of hops once a year. Great service, great product.

I'm recently re-involved in online ordering after the tragic death of my LHBS. I ordered from Austin Homebrew last about a decade ago and had great service. My recent order was submitted on 2/29 and just shipped today, 3/12. This was only after an email prompt from me and a promise to ship...

Hops are vigorous. You have to work hard ot kill them. Definitely stay on top of southward rhizome creep - they will take over.

Honestly surprised there's this much debate here. OP: directions for homebrew kits were written likely a decade ago. General homebrew practice has changed a lot since then. Personally, I have decided that a lot of fussy brewing practices make no difference in the end quality of my beer and...

My roaster is a $12 ebay rotisserie basket on a piece of all thread driven by my cordless drill. Works a treat, can do 2+ lbs at a time. Started with a popcorn popper.

I've had this problem bottling in the winter and drinking beers in the summer - difference in basement temp.

I have, but went the smoker + pastrami treatment always. It was amazing.

This is a yearly go-to for me. Just rebrewed and totally changed the hop additions: 2oz cold conditioned amarillo, 2oz keg hop amarillo. Letting it condition in the keg, but it's an amazing base for what is basically now an IPA.

These days, when I reuse, I just dump some of the trub into a sanitized jar and save.

Got the week off, so RIS on Sunday, cranberry saison yesterday.

I actually use PBW instead of oxyclean all the time. Works wonders on clothes!

Believe these to be Perlick 410x, but I'll welcome any corrections. Just cleaned, ready to go. $25 shipped.

Not drinking through it now, but the last batch I suffered through was Berliner Weisse. I remember it fondly from my semester in Berlin, but I was not enjoying the last few bottles.

+1 for buy direct. Bought mine 7 years ago from the hop supplier. Had no trouble.

Not at all. Splash a little as I transfer. I also never make a starter. Basically the laziest brewer you know.

Amber Candi syrup or boil down the first gallon.

That's a cool idea.

No long distance driving here. Have a 9 year old Mazda 2 that's barely past 60K. So, prime for electric replacement when it dies. Hell, I'm a bike commuter, so my other car barely moves during the week.

I don't like Voss flavors at that temp, but try it. I found that even extra dry hops (a lot) did not hide it.

No way I'd do 3 gallon batches. Same amount of work for less beer? 5 gallons is where it's at.