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I have read that the hop flowers are a natural preservative, and the original reason that they were added to beer was to help prevent infection. So, I think that dryhoping at any point would be ok. I have also heard that the leaves float on top and create a bacterial barrier. In addition when...

I think that if you are going to set the blow-off tube up on your primary fermenter that you should just leave it on there until you are ready to rack to the second. I don't really see a reason to exchange the blow off tube for an airlock in the primary if the tube is already on there. Also, I...

I have a local spring that suppies all the beer water that I need. Never checked the Ph. Seems to make good beer though.

i brewed up a cream ale yesterday and racked it diredtly onto the yeast cake from an oatmeal stout that I had in my primary. I had read all of these posts already so I kept a realy close eye on it. The airlock started bubbling after about 2 hours, so I put it out in the garage. When I woke up...

Thanks for the input Janx. I pretty much confirmed the direction that I was leaning. I will choose all aroma varieties to grow. I think that I am going to choose sterling, Liberty, glacier, and Perle from freshops.com. I will be selecting the jumbo rhizomes where available. There is a...

After further reading and a trip to the local brewpub I found out that the test for Alpha Acid is much to complicated and requires a laboratory. So, you would have to send a hop flower in to get it tested. I didn't get a price for this, but it doesn't seem like what I want to do. Another...

Hi all, I have decided that I would like to make my beer from homegrown hops. I selected 4 varieties: 2 flavor/aroma and 2 bittering. After some further reading, I can't seem to find a test to find the Alpha Acid percent for hops? So, I'm considering just purchasing flavor/aroma varieties...

I used some of that malto-dextrin in a sweet stout that I made before christmas. it turned out great. It was nice a nice and creamy mouth feel. Give it a shot! Where did you order your kit from? Maybe you can go back to the site and see what ingrediants are packaged in the kit? I had...

Hey Janx, I have done some experimentation with making candy. While doing so I found this website that outlines making different types of candy, and explains some of the science involved. It may help, or maybe not? http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/candy/kitchenlab.html

After you have your wort running clear (meaning no husks or other solids)you simply start collecting the wort for the boil either in your brew pot or in a bucket or something, but you need to be careful not to aerate the work too much at this point. While you are collecting the wort you...