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Finally pulled the trigger. Thanks for this post!

Started the evening with Foley Bros Prospect IIPA while grilling some tasty teriyaki chicken in this weird April snow we're having. Really glad my friend convinced me to grab a bottle on our Vermont vacation. Tons of hop flavor and aroma with a balanced malt background. Finishing the...

I just did a partial mash brew using beersmith yesterday and was frustrated by the discovery that it was including the extract in projected preboil Gravity despite having it set as a late boil addition. Once I set the amount of extract to 0 my target and actual pre-boil were about the same...

Next is something I'm pretty excited about. An English Barley wine I've been planning a while (even made a heavy Scottish just to build the yeast cake I'm using, wlp028.) I realized my next chance to brew it will be my birthday and so spawned a brewing tradition. Birthday Barleywine; to be...

Rotating between founders centennial ipa, Sierra Nevada pale ale, and my recently carb'd maris otter/chinook SMaSH ale. Happy New Year everyone!

+ about 32 gallons = 30,880

The way I understand it planting in the fall is mainly to encourage the roots to get a headstart before next spring. Seems like it would be normal for the bines to die off like they normally would as the crown pulls energy out of the leaves and bines to store over winter. I'd bet there is...