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My brother lives in zone 5 in Illinois and I gave him a cascade and planted three here. His grew abot 25 feet and put out about a half of a pound of dry hops it,s second season, my hops planted a year earlier grew a whole two feet last year. Goes to show you that soil type makes all the...

I live In Missouri zone 5 and was wondering if any others have grown in this area or zone ?.What are some varieties that will grow in this zone ? I prefer stouts,porters and bocks to drink so what varieties are appropriate? I was thinking galena, something dual purpose. What others? I...

Love this thread, so many ideas to glean from.

Here is a blatant cut and paste, it answers your question rather well: WHY WHITE SUGAR? Q I am very health-conscious – do I have to use white sugar? A Many health-conscious people are surprised to be told to use refined white sugar in making Kombucha tea and ask whether there is an...

Use what you have. Your batch may be a little strong this next round but successive batches should be alright. The whole purpose of the starter tea is to acidify your brew, what better than some really acidy vinegary tea?

Sink, float, it's all good.

Thanks for the info. I just hope that I can refrain from drinnking too many before thay have a chance to fully develop. To be honest with you, they taste pretty dang good fellas just the way they are. Better than the majority of beers that are for sale locally. For my first atempt I'm...

That's what I was hoping. With both of us, wife and self, gone most of the day and liking a cool house at night to sleep in temperatures in the house run cool most of the time this time of year. Thanks for the quick responses, you two. I was just going by what the instruction sheet said and...

Did a dry irish stout kit from NB. Followed directions about priming and have waited two weeks before a 48 hour chill. There isn't much carbination. There is enough carbination that it doesn't taste flat but there is almost no head. There is yeast in the bottom of the bottle when pouring...

Anyone brew the AHS budget brews? Thought they would be good for practice and to tweek. Plan on splitting into two batches. One the plain stout the other with maybe coffee. Thoughts?

See now there's the problem, I need to go golfing with someone like you Sweed.:D

What an eloquent answer. Worthy of a like. [

As I stated in my second post, my wife has no issue with my consumption or the amount I produce ( which is freely shared). It's more of a lack of understanding my fascination with the hobby. Just as how I can't understand the attraction to golf, hit a ball and chase it, I personnaly don't get...

Missouri law 311.055 as defined in 311.120 All of which are trumped by federal law covered in the TTB website under 27 CFR Part 19 which will list the bulk of the hoops. This is all information that is easily found with a simple search if one is so inclined. A good visual example of what's...

Money is no issue, post meant more toungue in cheek. I'm lucky enough to have a loving supporting wife of 19 years that has always just let me do my thing. More of a "anyone else love this hobbie as much" post. The whole distilling issue is a non-issue when one does jump through all the...

My vote is no, as stated above for the same reasons. Use it to kill some weeds in the cracks of your sidewalk or drive if you want to use it for something.

So my wife thinks I have a problem. She just doesn't understand why I make so much alcohol. Thing is I don't really drink that often. I can count on two hands how many times I drank last year. Now granted when I do I usually have my share. It's not that I have a problem with alcohol or with...