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Im well aware of the fact that they could be completely different from the momma plants. They would just be a fun project to check in on as i go for hikes up in the mountians - i want to keep them far from the legit hops i have already planted. I remember reading somewhere that you have to...

I found seeds in the last three types of hops i purchased, Goldings, centennial, and cascade. I was hoping to try getting them to sprout and planting them along a powerline road(to which i have access rights) and seeing what may come of them in future years. I already know that they wont turn...

I should also mention that i used one wyeast smack pack for both the dead guy and the porter - no starter. The packs say theyre good up 1.060 og. Thats about what the dead guy was and because of a misunderstanding between the guy at the lhbs and myself about how much lme extract i needed the...

Well my dead guy clone has been in the bottle for almost 6 weeks now. The other two will hopefully clean up while still carbonating. And as for how long they were in primary - the dead guy 15 days, the porter 19 days, and the apa 15 days. Both the dead guy and the apa have chill haze which is...

Well its been 4 different kinds of yeast. Muntons premium, wyeast pacman, wyeast irish ale, and nottingham. The first one(muntons) didnt have any diacetyl flavor. I tried to keep temps down on the second two(irish ale and nottingham) by using an ice bath - the temps never got above 68. I know...

I brewed a dead guy ale wjich tasted great during bottling, ended up tasting like butterscotch. Ive recently done two batches, an apa and a porter. Before i begin i should mention that the apa has only been in the bottle three days and the porter only five. But i was exited to taste my apa...

So i recently bottled two batches of beer and my fermenters were looking a little sad and lonely - so im planning my next brew. I was curious as to how much of a difference using a hop bag vs just tossing hops into wort will make on the taste/bitterness of the brew. Ive always used hop bags, but...

Wow thanks for all the replies on this one. I ended up just filling and submerging them for a few seconds then pouring it out and covering with sanitized caps - because i bottled immediately after. I however did taste a slight bit of sourness in the hydrometer sample which i attributed to the...

Quick question. When I sanitize my bottles(in starsan) is it ok to just dip them in solution and wet the inside real quick - basically cover all surfaces of the bottle real quick and its good to go? Or should i stick with what ive been doing which is to completely fill and submerge them in...

I went out today and bought "The blast" bottle washer in anticipation of the two batches i have to bottle within the next few days. I also purchased a hose/ faucet adapter(which came with 2 rubber gaskets. 1thin 1thick). I just went to test it out and there was a leak. It still sprays pretty...

Sorry, i guess i should be more specific. The initial phase of fermentation is now over. Airlock activity has died down to about 1/min (last time i checked-2 days ago). I know a lot of people up the temps after this point in time. I just wasn't sure about these temps thats about ten degrees...

Ive got two brews going right now, a porter and a pale ale. The porter has been going for a week now and finished primary after 4 days. I want these to have a cleaner flavor profile(less esters/more malty) so i used a big bucket full of water and frozen water bottles to keep the porter around...

Think i could jut add in a little 6 row (1/4 #)to steep (mash) with the rest of the specialty grains to help out a little bit? Or is there a grain that would be better suited to this?

So while looking around the net for an oatmeal stout recipe I came across a couple web sites that sell kits that only use rolled oats, hops, dark lme, crystal malt, roasted barley, and chocolate malt. I was under the impression that you had to mash oatmeal with something that has enough enzymes...

I dont think ill ever run out of questions for you guys here. I plan on brewing a mocha porter tomorrow morning using wyeast irish ale yeast. Im going to do a primary only fermentation and let it sit about 15 days or so - so that i know itll finish and have had a bit of time to condition/clean...

What ive been doing has been putting some water in the fermentor, then pouring the wort in and then topping it off with water to the 5 gallon mark. I guess it wouldnt really matter as to whether the water is added before or after the wort though - the water could be aerated either way. I just...

I haven't come across this yet - although i havent looked. So a lot of us noobs pour our boiled (and hopefully cooled) wort onto some amount of water in the fermenter. We pour it in a manner to aerate everything for the yeast. So i was thinking that in addition to that - we could aerate the...

But perhaps proofing it would be a good idea.

I just felt like.getting everything done tonight.

Im feeling like experimenting a bit tonight and was thinking of whipping up a 1 gallon mini batch of chocolate stout. I dont have any yeast on hand but i do have a bunch-o- homebrew bottles and was thinking of just opening like 3 and pouring all but the last inch or so of each into a pitcher for...