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So, I'm about to finally put my hop crowns into a field. They've been in containers for 3 yrs. I was thinking to contain each variety with a partially buried barrier of some sort so that I can keep the varieties a little closer to each other. I'm sure some people out there have designs for...

For those of us living and brewing in Japan, you know that space is limited and supplies can be hard to find or very expensive. Japan typically has their own way of doing things, and beer servers/dispensers are no exception. Instead of chilling the whole keg, these draft systems consist of a...

For those of us living and brewing in Japan, you know that space is limited and supplies can be hard to find or very expensive. Japan typically has their own way of doing things, and beer servers/dispensers are no exception. Instead of chilling the whole keg, these draft systems consist of a...

OK, this seems like a cool gadget for monitoring our precious lupulin production... Yeah, it's a little overboard, but it's one more thing we can gadgetize... http://youtu.be/TPE6D7xjKXo If it monitored pests, too, it would be awesome!

This was my first year growing hops and I'm looking forward to my second year. I grew in planters/pots because I wasn't sure where I'd locate everything next year. I trimmed back the bines recently and when I went to move the pots, I realized the roots broke through and rooted themselves into...

Set up my trellis this year to be a slight diagonal climb to an almost horizontal climb for the bines. Some of the side bines of my Centennials found a pole to climb straight up. I noticed that the vertical bines seemed to be producing a lot more cones, and bigger, too. This could be a result...

Hey everyone. OK, so I'll be taking 3 kegs of brew to an event on the 22nd of this month. From here on, I will refer to them as Batch 1, Batch 2, and Batch 3. First, let me give you some info on my setup so you don't have a WTF moment. I started kegging in 5 g sankes a while back. I...

OK, found another pest today. Hops were drying for a few days (cascade and centennial, placed next to each other). I put them into freezer bags and began to weigh them when I found 4-5 of these buggers crawling around in the bag. Size: compared to pen: top: bottom: OK...

OK, so I'm just a little shy of harvest ATM, but noticed random leaves turning yellow, then brown and shriveled over a couple days. I looked closely at the bine itself and found a small area of it rotted around where it wraps around the twine. I pulled away some of what looked like a grainy...

This is my first year growing hops, so I'm not experienced enough to judge for myself. So I've been watching my hops grow. I cut one open about once a week to check the yellow lupulin glands. This week, the powder seems to be starting to collect at the base of the cone, visible without even...

OK, first things first. I live in Japan and space is, well, not so spacey. Second, after reading a bunch from wortmonger's pressurized fermentation thread, I am determined to move in that direction. Of course, I need keg dispensing hardware and kegs. Kegs here are mostly sanke type, 10...

Hey everyone, happy to be here. There is a lot of information here that I'm sure will be invaluable to my quest for a tasty drink. It already has been a big help in my research so far. In case you're wondering, I am from California but have lived in the Japanese countryside for about 8...