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Doo dah doo dah doo....

I have friends in other states that don't just want my beer, but they want to visit the lovely state of Colorado, either during camping or ski season, stay at my house, AND have as much free booze they can get their hands on. Ug...

Nope. It will grow fast.

I haven't potted my rhizomes yet (willamette, tomahawk, cascade, centennial). Even though I am in southwest Colorado and haven't received the snow this week that the north has, the night time temps have been dipping below freezing. Looking at the forecast I believe it will be safe to plant them...

I am trying this with the next batch. Wow...I would have never of thought about this.

:cross: Crazy cool! I am going back into college for Digital Media Design and Photography after a 20 year hiatus. The technology sure has changed during that time. Wow...

Great thread! You all are making me glad I have rhizomes on the way. This will be my first year growing hops, so wish me luck at 8000 feet elevation. Any ideas, other than guns and bear traps, to keep deer away? I have oodles of dear that love to claim my property as theirs daily. This year I...

If you do, please post the results. Inquiring minds want to know. :)

GREAT INFO! Thank you! I am sure many of us are going to try this. I know what I am now doing for my May brews.

I doubt the prepackaged flavoring needs any more work done to it before it goes in the beer. Did you purchsae that through Rebel Brewer?

Ok, so secondary fermentation add the raspberries, but siphon to a third fermentation without the bagged fruit after x-days. What rule of thumb do you use on bottling after the third racking? A higher ABV is always welcomed in my brews! :rockin:

What should it be added to: primary or secondary fermentation? Is this per 5gal batch of beer?

I think you are on to something there. A local brewery makes a raspberry wheat with real raspberries. It was seasonal until sometime last year they made it a year long offering. It is amazingly good. So, real raspberry is definately the trick. I have seen homebrewers use raspberries in their...

Sounds like a great kit. I want to try it, now. So, if the raspberry syrup isn't potent enough in bottled beer how can one compensate? Is the raspberry syrup a particular brand and easy enough to come by either with a brew supply store or grocery?

Ok, about 4 days ago I brewed my True Brew kit and substituted the can of dark LME for 3 lbs of dark DME, adding to the other 2lbs of dark DME given in the batch. Since the LME was hopped I substituted the missing hops with an oz of Centennial. The kit came with 2oz of First Golden hops. I also...