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We're hip deep in the hop harvest in these parts, and I got a message from my cousin today letting me know that she'd found some hops on the side of the road if I was interested. Of course I said yes. Hops will often fall of the trucks, etc during the harvest. She got home and sent me this...

It's been brewed and primary FINALLY has settled down. The wort had a ton of fermentables in it, and a very strong hop character. Hard to say at this point. I won't have time to dry-hop until this weekend, but I took a quick smell and it smells awesome. I'm kind of waiting to finish it up until...

I was just given a SIGNIFICANT amount of older hops by a friend. They are all around 4 years old, but are all securely vacuum sealed and been stored in a freezer the whole time. Should I be making any adjustments to recipes if I'm using them? Are there any rules for how much hops degrade over...

So, I bought a groovy 2.5 gallon glass jar a few months back that I've been using sporadically for experimental fermenting of small batches. See below. I simply drilled a hole in the cheap metal lid that came with it and have been using a bucket grommet to mount an airlock. I don't feel like...

Nice! These are all awesome ideas.

I'm trying to figure out a way to clean out my liquid lines quickly and easily without having to remove all of my connectors. What if like is to find something that is basically a ball lock post that I can attach my auto siphon to so that I can pump cleaner through the line without having to...

Yeah. I can buy a 5lb tank in Amazon for $62, but almost everything local is exchange, so my shiny new is gone immediately. I have a 20lb tank that I wish I could use, but it's stamped Coke and no one will touch it. A 20lb tank would last me a year, but is way to spendy to buy.

Does anyone here lease their CO2 tank? I'm trying to get my kegging set up together as cheap as possible in the short, so was contemplating this as an option. My schedule hasn't allowed me to call any shops, though. Any ideas on a ballpark lease price, specifically in the Pacific Northwest?

Yeah, me too. Can't argue with the perfection they've created, though!

Yeah, wasn't thinking clearly. I'll bump the Pale up to about 14lbs, and drop the Carapils to 12oz. I went with the C-10 because Elysian says they use C-15 in theirs, but I'm not sure I can find it.

Here's a basic little recipe I'm thinking of trying. This is just a 5 gallon test batch... 10 lbs 2-row pale 4.5 lbs Carapils 1 lb C-10 1oz Chinook for 60 minutes 1oz Amarillo - 20 minutes 1oz Citra - 20 minutes 1oz Citra - dry hop 5 days 1 packet US-05 All the numbers seem to work out, and...

I'm trying to find a source for all-SS clamps for the tube on my false bottom in my MLT. The clamps I was using were stainless for the clamp part but the adjusting screw was not and quickly rusted. What are people using for this, and where did you find it? Thanks!

I'm in process in putting an old Firestone coke keg back together. It has no parts at all, so I'm converting it to ball lock and getting a lid, dip tube, and so on. I found almost everything I need for an awesome price from AIH, but everywhere I look is out of stock on the liquid pickup tubes...

Well, my intention was to pressurize it, but I've never done any kegging before. If it's a serious concern I can always use it as a fermenter or hopback.

A friend gave me an old pin lock keg with an identified pinhole leak. I was wondering if a little JB Weld would be an acceptable way to do that?

A friend gave me 10 gallons of naturally fermented cider that I need to go ahead and bottle up. This is my very first time doing anything with cider, so I really don't know how much corn sugar I should use to prime it. It's dry, and been fermenting under pressure for 3 years, so it's well aged...

That's probably what I'll end up doing. So many cases, though!

I have not tried that. Good call!

I'm not exactly certain of the best place to ask this, so I came here. :-) I have acquired a large amount of bottles from a local craft brewer. Some of them are unlabeled, which is awesome. The ones that ARE labeled have a sticker style label that is similar to tyvek or the like. You can peel...

Well, the SQ14is definitely better for my budget! I may need to build a little stand for the boil kettle to get it up high enough for a gravity feed through an immersion chiller, but I'll have a lot more money left over with this one!