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Ive brewed twice this week. Probably do something with the hops in the yard on sunday. My latest IPA is so good, I think I need to queue another pronto as its not going to last through September.

Only my opinion: I think Carafa + Special B would be fine. If you haven't used 13.8% Crystal before, you might want to back off on that a bit. But some people like a lot of crystal, other's don't. Also, don't hesitate to go to 10% oats. That really adds a silky mouth feel. You won't even...

I give it 99% chance its borosilicate. Unfortunately, there are a quite a few factory rejects being sold on Amazon and other places. Those flaws may include bubbles in the glass that can fracturing. Your proposed test will stress the glass, even if its good. I'd boil it for 20 minutes, then...

I've done a lot of Columbus+Chinook. I'd also add Idaho 7 and Green Bullet.

Well, I planted this as a learning experience not reallY expecting to get a harvest….And Im learning! Where is a good mail order place to buy a few pounds of seed? I already checked my local farmer co op and they dont sell seeds.

I asked the vendor about the cultivar and type of barley, but they could not tell me. That was probably a warning sign right there.

That answers a lot. Thanks. Is there any hope here of rescuing some of it?

This locale is zone 6a. Due to a number of unfortunate events, memorial day was the earliest I could get out here. I've got some questions off to my extension office.

I need some help. I have a vacation home out in the Oregon high desert. I'm attempting to grow some barley as an experiment. Before planting I limed the soil. The barley is well fertilized. The soil is sandy loam, but nothing has really ever been grown here, so I'm not sure what state the soil...

That's an awesome story! What a memory. Enjoy the beer; cherish it.

Dear diary, Today spike sent me a marketing email, and I ended up buying stuff like I was going through Costco with a large cart. Please don't tell the wife. -Stein

Im pouring pints straight out of the fermenter today. Modified farmhouse style with Lemondrop hops. very dry. (like 0.992)

I used to use the fish pump+filter+ss airstone. Now i just use a pump to transfer when filling and make it spash, then hand swirl for 15 seconds. Never had a problem with this for non imperial batches. Works fine for double IPA.

I've always found that I never have enough clamps and gaskets. Always have extra gaskets too. Oh and TC end caps!

In fact the local welding place didn't have enough ten pound tanks to even let me pay the money. The guy upsold me in the "idea" of a 20 pound tank :)

I know. Nothing I can do about it. At least the local welding place has pretty clean tank swaps.

I got a 20 pound Co2 tank online. Local place quoted me $260 for the tank and $23 refills. Found a new tank for $130 to save money.

That sounds pretty awesome. I love Nelson.

I once lost the end cap, then send multiple replacements and gaskets for free. That's a stand up company!

I wear nitrile gloves and spray them with star san anytime I work with a material that is added after boil (hops, enzymes, etc). After a while you find that starsan on your hands is really rough on the skin.