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I have some 3rd year hops growing right now (south Louisiana). My chinook and centennial are on the same pace as last year, however my cascade is already at 12-15 feet and growing and it’s already producing cones. Does cascade mature early the older it gets? I guess it’s a good problem to have...

Brewing up a traditional pale ale (lighter color than SN Pale Ale), and i want it to have very expressive grapefruit aroma/flavor. I'm trying to find hops with the biggest grapefruit notes. Currently, i'm thinking using Cascade, Falconer's Flight, and Simcoe with Chinook as a bittering addition...

Question, i brewed a Czech pale lager Saturday evening and pitched imperial yeast urkel from a starter late Saturday night. I cold crashed to 60 than pitched the yeast but forgot to drop the temps down to mid 50s range. What can I expect from a higher beginning fermentation temp with this yeast...

I've been brewing lambic for 3 years now and over the holidays, i was finally able to bottle my first Geuze. I've been patiently awaiting this date. I keep all of my sour beers in a closet under the stairs that has a vent in the wall that leads to my pantry inside. Temp is relatively stable...

I've been looking at Electric systems for awhile and have settled on the new blichmann surface with the brewcommander. However, i'm trying to decide as to which purpose i should use this for. My current system is a 3 vessel system. Cooler sparge tank, SS Brewtech Infussion Mash tun (10 gallon)...

I brewed a german pilsner with some backyard hops a few weeks back. Fermented at the proper temp, did a diacetyl rest, dropped it down to 38ish to lager for a week or 2. I then secondaried via closed transfer to another fermenter to get it off the yeast, and placed the fermenter in my shop...

I've got an oatmeal stout planned to brew this saturday, and as i'm thinking about it, i want to avoid some things i've been noticing in a few dark/black ales/lagers i've had recently. I was drinking a czech dark lager the other day. And while it was a good beer, i found that it had a lingering...

General question regarding this malt. I have brewed both a helles and an italian style pilsner using this as the base malt, both using a hochkurz decoction mash, and both using 34/70 yeast. I found that both beers tasted too malty for the styles, and my italian pilsner tastes a bit like cough...

I get most of my hops from Yakima Valley hops, but have occasionally bought hops from Yakima Chief hops. After listening to a few podcasts on hop selection, i want to make sure i'm getting the best quality hops i can find regardless of where it is from. I see that Roy Farms sells hops for...

Good afternoon all! I'm on my 2nd year of hop growing here in Southern Louisiana. Growing Cascade, centennial, and chinook. The picture below are my cascades and i'm wondering if this is just natural leaf appearance or if i'm suffering from a bug or hop plant disease. I've found a few bugs in...

I've been having some temperature issues when attempting decoction and turbid mash's. I have a single infusion system (SS Brewtech's InfuSSion Mast Tun) and i've been doing turbid mash's and partial decoction mash's with the same temperature problems. My latest attempt was a munich helles with a...

Brewing up a pilsner soon, and would prefer to go single infusion rather than a decoction mash. I came across the Prostejov Czech Pilsen malt, and was considering ordering some for my pilsner. Anyone have any experience with this malt? Is it highly modified or does it require additional mashing...

So i have an edgestar outdoor kegerator with a 2 tap chrome tower. I have 2 perlick faucets attached. My problem, is that 1 of the faucet's leaks. When i pour a beer from my right faucet, the left faucet leaks a little bit of beer out. The bigger issue, is that sometimes, when the outdoor...

Trying to decide between 2 systems for my boil kettle. I currently have a stainless 10 gallon pot propane kettle. Nothing fancy. I use an SS Brewtech InfuSsion mash tun, which i love. I recently built a house and had the garage wired to accommodate the brewtech 1 V brewing system (240 V, 30 A...

Brewed up a coconut porter a few weeks back. Toasted 1 lb of coconut and added to the fermenter for 7-10 days. This is the 2nd time making this beer. It’s been in the keg now for about 3-4 weeks and the coconut flavor has already faded. I’ve made this beer with coconut in the keg and had the...

So i've attempted this 5 times now, and still have issues. I use the sterile siphon starter and hook it up with a swivel barb to a liquid quick disconnect on the keg and it has yet to work. I tried it recently with 2 beers. First beer was an NEIPA. I hooked up the siphon starter, pushed some CO2...

Brewing a NEIPA this weekend. The recipe is my base recipe for this style, but i'm having trouble with the hop bill. I currently have 1/2 lb. of Sabra, Medusa, and Zappa neomexicanus hops. I also have 1/2 lb. of Citra and Azacca. Typically, my NEIPA consists of Galaxy, Citra, and Azacca, but...

So I am getting a hot rod heat stick for christmas. It seems like a great product. I plan to use it to heat up my strike water, and would also like to use it to control my whirlpool temperatures. I currently use a 10 gallon cooler system but am planning on buying the SS Brewtech Infussion mash...

I’ve been on a quest to make the perfect NEIPA. My last attempt was my best by far but I think there is more progress to be made. I’ve been thinking of some of the tools to make an NEIPA what it is. All of the tools combined generally gives you a good NEIPA, but I’ve been wondering how the beer...

Brewing up a gose either this week or next. Plan to keg with some cucumbers and nopal cactus juice. For 5 gallons, how much do you think is needed? Plan on using 1 lb. of cucumbers, just not sure how much of the cactus juice i'll need for a hint of the flavor. Beer in an inspiration from...