Recent content by hurley195

Anyone? anyone else have any input..? Hoping to harvest next couple days but worried about some of the black sooty mold on some hops? anyone ever deal with that? It is likely a result of the honeydew coming from whatever insect this is. Some plants with more leaf coverage have more mold, but...

Hey There folks. Well a couple weeks ago I notice my beautiful lush green hops with lots of cones started to look not so good. Browning leaves and rusty looks. I was busy and just thought the plant was putting all its energy into the cones and leaves were just going to be fine. Well, now I think...

Looks like a good recipe, somewhat similar to one Ive made. 1# of the black malt might be a little much, but if you want that coffee punch, maybe try it.. Maybe try 3/4# black malt and 1/4# roasted malt? That might help amp up the coffee flavor some. Im a big fan of the debittered black, but a...

Here is a pic of a stand built with the 3/4" square x .065 wall stainless, welded in each corner and has bottom braces. Just a thought for you to check out how using this material worked.

Hello. Not sure on your budget? Is stainless steel in the budget? I recently manufactured a 3 tier brew system with 3/4" square x .065 wall stainless tube, fully welded and it is rock solid. I used some cross braces to stiffen it up. All said and done, I have about $170 in stainless material...

More Update: A few more adjustments to go. Right now just keeping the jacket tight with some rope as I didnt have a big enough bungee cord. Next update is to add some nice latches where the jacket opens so I can just latch it open/closed if I need to pull out for direct fire during my 60 minute...

UPDATE: I have built the 3 tier gravity system, HLT burner/kettle on top, Stainless MLT with my custom insulated "Jacket" in middle and my boil kettle with floor burner on bottom. The custom jacket works awsome! So far I like it better than my old mash tun (10 gallon cooler). Brewed about 5...

I am having a similar thought to this idea. I mostly brew during winter in Wisconsin. I plan to use 5 gallon buckets half full of water and stick them outside a couple days before brew day. I will put my large container of water outside on brew day. I'm hoping that my giant ice cubes made...

Hello HBT. I have an idea for making an insulated stainless mash tun (single infusion/batch sparge) and would like to see if anyone has done similar? My goal is to have a simple 3 tier "let gravity do the work" system, no pumps, expensive jazz, RIMS or HERMS. I am going to purchase a 10 gallon...

Hey Folks, this will be my third all-grain brew and still learning recipe building. Just wanted to generate some ideas for a recipe using RYE! I like the spicy note rye gives and I happen to have some ingredients lying around I need to use up. Oh, and I also have my own home grown hops to use...

Bottled it, drinking and tastes great. NO problems with the carbonation or over-carbonating. I assume Denny was right, off gasing and probably some residual Co2. Now I now for another time I see this that is OK. Thanks.

Hops are doing better, but couple more simple questions.. I pinched off the browning leaves near the bottom and it did not seem to effect the plant in any way. Infact, new growth and more new shoots have sprang back and they are now climbing up daily with new growth! Additionally, I was worried...

Thanks for the ph tip. I trimmed some plants bottom leaves off. Not much changed with those particular bines, but look ok and are growing. What has surprised me is after a couple good rains and some nice sun the hops are doing much better. Maybe I was even underwatering even though my soil...

Hello HBT! Need some help please! I am a new hop grower and have a few questions: I have browning leaves and also wonder about estimated water consumption and general fertilizing needs. I am in Wisconsin and my hops were started 1 year plants from Great Lakes Hops (Michigan) so I do believe my...

Hello. A new brewer here with a question on something new I am seeing during end of secondary fermentation and on bottling day. On batch #9, with good success so far in both extract and all grain. Summary: Muntons extract kit (pilsner). 1.045 OG and 1.011 FG. Muntons yeast. Went 21 days in...