Recent content by pelop777

I brew in the backyard so normally nobody sees anything, just the smell and nobody's bothered knocking on my door to ask. But one morning (after a late night brew session) I had left the kettle out on the propane burner and was planning on cleaning up later) I had some railroad ties delivered by...

Ha. Nope. I didn't take a pic of the Chinook. Thst one's the Mt Hood

Found shoots coming out of the ground on everythimg but the Chinook this weekend. So pumped!

My experience with going through newborns twice is that I purposely binge-brewed for a month before they're due and don't brew again for a few months until their sleep normalizes. I like to brew at night anyways and I didn't want to worry about making a tiny noise and waking them up. Like...

Got the rhizomes in the ground last weekend and the ropes strung up. I snapped a quick pic right after planting but want to get some better ones on here this weekend.

It's up! Getting it up and braced for the concrete to cure was actually easier than I expected. I've still got to move about 20-30 wheelbarrows full of dirt in to raised bed so it's gonna be a few more weeks (at least) before I can get the rhizomes in the ground. Getting a way later start then I...

Nice set up. I especially like the boxes to seperate the varities

I decided to share my hopyard build here because the only people I've shared it with are SWMBO who's level of enthusiasm about it topped out at saying "don't hurt your back lifting that." "And you better not come in the house with those muddy clothes." And friends that enjoy good beer but are...

I think HOAs are for the birds. For this and many other reasons. But good on you for finding a way around their regulations and getting great harvests!

That seemed to do the trick. I was able to turn both about an 1/8th of a turn and no more leaks. Thank you!

Hmm. I didn't move the tap handles but the do come loose easily so I can give that a shot. Thank you!

Hello all! I've been reading and occasionally commenting on here for years now but have not had a question that wasn't already asked (and answered) until now which is pretty awesome! So here's my problem. I recently hooked up a keg of Rogue brewery Brutal IPA to one of my 2 taps. (My...

Oops. That was supposed to be a reply to Philipmeese's post

Just curious since this is the first I've seen anybody put a box in the ground... what is the purpose? Is it to keep the roots from taking over the rest of your garden?

I've never been able to get much aroma from dry hopping in a secondary so once I started kegging I started dry hopping in the keg and love it. I've tried suspending the bag a few times and even weighting it down with shot glasses (can't remember why I tried it, must have read it somewhere) and...