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I was thinking of doing something similar since I have 5 freezer gallon bags of frozen blueberries. Would I need to do anything different if I juiced these for my blueberry juice?

Anyone try dry hopping with rhubarb? I was thinking of maybe doing a gallon of my next IIPA, then another gallon with jalapenos as well. Figured my IIPA's are already bitter, might as well add some tartness and a little spice.

This was just posted on their website. http://www.lostabbey.com/the-la-cruda-porter-recipe/ INGREDIENTS FOR 5 GALLONS Grain/Extract/Sugar (Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.) % Amount Name Origin Potential SRM 81.6 10.00 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) America 1.036 2 4.1 0.50...

Same thing just happened to me yesterday and this morning......my first and second blow offs ever. I got greedy and didn't leave enough headroom on either batch. The one batch that didn't blow off.....had plenty of head room. Hopefully this doesn't ruin the brews at all since the blowoffs...

Oh, pick me, pick me, pick me....pig me! :mug:

Your brewing ingredients would be part of your Cost of Goods Sold if you were selling beer. Since you are not in the business of selling beer, then the ingredients go under the hobby loss rules. I work for a CPA firm and highly recommend you take the conservative approach and don't try...

Just did the Pliny tonight. What a steal! 13oz of hops, plus other items that get thrown in. 9lbs of LME and a large amount of DME as well (cant remember. Received a keg from my cousin who is a brewer at Stone and its having its way with me). 1 lb of corn sugar gets thrown in for the last...

How did the recipe come out? I'm planning on doing a Marionberry & Raspberry Porter tonight, using 2 lbs of each instead of the 5 lbs of blackberries. I wanted to do an all marionberry porter, but don't have enough. Figured since both marionberries and raspberries are tart, it wouldn't be a...

If you want to do a great Double IPA, go to MoreBeer.com and get the Pliny the Elder, as it's $20 off right now plus $5.75 for yeast. Normally its $69. Or the Blind Pig IPA.

For anyone interested, I just ordered the kit from MoreBeer.com. They have a special going for around $20 off. Not bad, especially since they do free shipping if you order $60 or more.

should I not cold crash my carboy before kegging/bottling? My initial plan was to add 3/4 cup of corn sugar to the entire batch after racking from the secondary to a bucket. Then bottle what I want and keg what I want (probably 50/50) Would this work? I don't want too much sediment in the...

I just made the Stone Ruination clone as well, but changed it up a bit. Replaced the centennials for amarillo hops, then after 4 days in the secondary of dry hopping 2 oz of amarillo, I added another 2 oz of Citra that sat in there for 3 days. Also had a handfull of toasted oak chips in the...

I had some major foam when i did a blood orange heffeweizen. Tasty Brew calculators told me to use over 25 psi!!! But since it was my second kegging batch and the 1st batch (IPA) went great at what TastyBrew said, I did it. Ended up burping the crap out of it and turning down to 5 psi. After...

Thanks B-hoppy. Anyone have a recommendation on how high to make my trellis? Im looking at a base garden of 5' x 20'. Gonna caddy corner the base of the plants to also create a wall for the spa area (wife's request :-) ). Was even thinking of e entually making a hop garden wall around the front...

So how far apart should the rhizomes be planted if cutting 1 foot around them every few years? I've read 5 feet apart, but why so far if they will be trimmed? I'm getting ready to build a raised hop bed in my backyard and want to fit as many as possible in there. I was given 4 different large...