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When the tips start to brown and they crunch like paper when squeezed. There is this calculator, that I haven't used yet: http://www.uvm.edu/extension/agriculture/engineering/?Page=hopscalc.html

I : 1) dry hop with pellets in a sanitzed nylon bag quite often. 2) very much enjoy cascade for dry hopping. ymmv.

Harvest is finally on the horizon! A few more weeks, perhaps.

2 of our pug-types. Louie is a fawn pug and is easily entertained. He makes for good brewing company. Ellie is a brindle boston/pug mix with a fetch addiction. She loves it when I take a beer outside, because she knows I lose track of time easily. :tank:

I'm not going to be able to confirm or deny the ability of a hop rhizome to be planted and go dormant in the fall- but I will comment that it may be next to impossible to purchase rhizomes after June/July. I planted 6 hop plants last June and in their first year they did well but only produced...

I've had the same resounding success with PBW soaking my plastic bottle fermenters. Sometimes the rag trick speeds up the process- but then to get it out I have to get the tip/edge of the rag near the opening with the bottle upside down and grab it with my stubby fingers.

I just perused the online listing for the Menards Criterion freezers- and at least the 7cf one looks like it has a "large hump". As in, the hump seems to be wider in photos than other freezer photos I have seen. The 5cf doesn't show an inside picture, so no random comments about its hump.

Is Yadi named after a certain talented Cardinals catcher?

I second the Kaiser being a good beer- and thank you for linking in the recipes, I had no idea they did that! This year's oktoberfest is already 1+months in, but for next year...

My progression: 0. Hop vines. 1. 2 buckets (1 for fermenting, 1 for bottling) - starter kit (http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/brewing/beer-equipment-starter-kits/essential-brewing-starter-kit) 2. Turkey fryer burner and pot for full boils 3. A 5 gallon carboy and a bunch of free bottles...

That looks fantastic, you should be proud.

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I've seen 1056 clump up quite a bit like that before, even early in fermentation - except if I remember correctly it is interacting with the beer more and floating around (up and down).

I've really enjoyed the humor of this thread... as a second year hop grower when I saw erik's picture of the burrs I was like "wait a second, I have a ton of those... and they keep forming cones. is there something wrong?!?!" Still getting used to the majesty that is hops. I have noticed that...

I too just got the ok from my DW and hunted through a bunch of options, pricing each one out down to the dollar. While both wanting to be frugal and have a quality keezer with 3 taps, I struggled to combine both combo values and high-level gear like the SS perlick taps. My first investment was...

I don't have a centennial, but I have 2 cascades and they look much more like your second plant.

awesome, in.

In- for the hops!