Recent content by samandbekah

I see that blichmann engineering makes a 4" tri clamp cooling coil - any aftermarket Chronical lids out there with a 4" tri clamp?

Hello, I have the original SS BrewTech Chronical fermenter (half barrel) and was looking into if there's an aftermarket dome lid with the 6" tri clamp fitting. Similar to what their Chronical 2.0 has currently. Hoping to rig up a similar setup to the 2.0 with the Temp control coil attached...

Nevermind! Just googled that and you're spot on! Thank you! Their eggs are tiny little yellow balls... We want these guys on our hops!

Are you sure? I've seen these little dudes in years past and they continue to look like that through the summer, only getting bigger and bigger. If that's a future lady bug that's news to me!

I've seen these little guys before and I think they are good guys... I get aphids every year and I think they're eating them. I hope so at least! I also bought some green lacewings this year and I'm not sure if these are mature ones or not...

I'm pretty sure it's over fertilization. I did some more research on it and looks like that's what I did inadvertantly.

Actually yes I did, however it was a slow release variety. But I hadn't fertilized previously since beginning of May. Curious to hear what others say.

Hello all of you avid hop growers, This is the third year in a row now my plants are getting this yellow brown curl to the end of their leaves. My hops grow on a trellis right off my deck which means they are also very close to my house. This time of year they are getting LOTS of sun...

That's still pretty good but I wonder if more sun during peak summer hours helps express the more tropical/citrus out of it. Mine get about 10-12 hours max in the June/July months and even now I am still getting about 6-7. Here is where I got it from - looks like the flavors are spot on...

Where are you located in the country? Do you fertilize it at all? And how much sun are they getting hours wise in the peak of summer? Here's a few good pics I took from a couple years ago - I yielded 3.5 lbs DRIED from two plants.

I don't pick up on the peach. I get a lot of that citrus/tropical from it, maybe a bit piney/resinous.

I have been growing this variety at my house for about 4 years now. Absolutely love it. Great yield. Keep in mind terroir will affect the outcome of your flavors/aromas etc. I am in the Northeast (upstate NY) and this one is always a late bloomer. I still have it producing cones in mid-October...

Is anyone else using the Anvil Kettle Strainer with this and if so, have you tested what you can max out on with the hops? I recently brewed and did hop extract for bittering and then 4 ounces in the hop steep. Between that and the cold break, that puppy got pretty clogged and took forever to...

I think its very much worth the $50 bucks or whatever it is now. If you order it through Adventures in Homebrewing or MoreBeer I believe you can just take on another $10 bucks worth of supplies and you can get the free shipping. It's honestly one of my favorite additions to the equipment that...

I have one of these and absolutely love it. I even use pellet hops and have not had any issues. The most I've thrown in there however is 5 ounces (I am currently brewing on the Anvil Foundry). I am amazed at the spent hop cake at the bottom of the kettle after draining to the fermenter with it...