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1070 I knocked it and the test jar it was sitting in with a towel while drying a carboy. It had been around for a while. I will miss it. Although I have (had) three, this was my go to. Barry

Thanks for the advice. I'll take care of it this fall Barry

I had a wild morning glory vine join one of my hop plants this summer. It looks very nice, but my question is can I grow both next year for looks without undo stress on the hops. It doesn't appear to have affected the hops this season. Thanks for the advice, Barry

5 (3 gallon) and 1 (5 gallon) batch over the summer. Total 20 gallons Maarzen Witbier (5 gal) Rolling Rock Hobgoblin Strong Red Ale Smoked Red Ale 25326.5 +20 = 25346.5

3 gallon batches Irish Red Honey Wheat Bell's 2 Hearted Clone 16880 +9 = 16889

Wrote the company and got no response. Gave up on the idea, although if I get a chance, I would treat it as a cereal and do a cereal adjunct boil. Look it up in How to Brew by Palmer. Looked like a ton of work and you would need to mash with a good base malt. I doubt that it would convert on...

+3 Munich Helles 8333+3=8336

5 gallons of California Common 4413.5 + 5 = 4418.5

5 gallons of Maarzen 50+5=55

+5 Bell's Two Hearted +5 Imperial Pumpkin Porter 34710+10 = 34720 Barry

Three changes this year. 1) Beersmith I upgraded and found a bug calculating priming sugar which calculated sugar based on anticipated volume not true volume. Adjusted for that by switching to the manual tool. 2) Starters raised to 2 quarts from Wyeast Activators as opposed to 1 pt - 1 qt...

I agree. Corn Sugar will wake the yeast up and carb your brew. Lot of non fermentables in those extracts Barry

5 Gallons Sweet Stout 29230.5 + 5 = 29235.5 gallons

27,655.5 + 5 gal Red Ale 27,660.5

5 gallons of Blue Moon Clone 5 gallons of Black Wit 24513 + 10 = 24523 gal