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Hope it all works out!

We’re actually talking about putting in a beer garden too. Aside from the hops and berries, we’re looking at lavender, chamomile, a hefty variety of mint, ginger, rosemary, sage, and hibiscus, for starters.

I don’t know if you read BYO but there was an article a few years ago by Chris Colby about growing hops in Bastrop, TX (south of Austin). I can’t remember the specifics but he was getting a decent yield growing hops in large planters. When I was living outside of Austin my neighbor had tried to...

I’ve never had to add any priming sugar to the batches I’ve made. The residual sugar and yeast should do the job. Did you happen to filter it? Can’t hurt to add the sugar. If anything it will just act as a back sweetener. The hops sound awesome! I did one batch with some Sorachi Ace and it...

I’ve done that a few times, due to being out of bottles or just not having the time to bottle, and it’s always turned out fine! I can’t remember if it continued to sour or not though, we like ours pretty sour, so if it did I probably wouldn’t have noticed.

I'm 5th grade science and the wife is 8th grade language arts. Spring break is this week so I'm trying to replenish our supply!

Specs in Elgin TX just got some today. I think only a case though.

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