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I know plenty of folks have far more elaborate setups and a lot more stuff than I, but a year or so ago I felt rather proud of my low budget minimalist diy biab setup. A repurposed turkey fryer, a cooler, a diy immersion chiller, a garage sale find of a carboy, and not a whole lot more. Well...

Can confirm the tropical flavors, as advertised with OYL-402 (Cosmic Punch). I just tried the first bottle of a NEIPA I did using cascade and columbus in a mash hop with Omega Yeast's Cosmic Punch. Guava, Passionfruit, and also some grapefruit. Tropical flavors off of standard homegrown hops...

I just bottled a NEIPA a week ago and took an extensive list of measures to try to reduce the oxidation after seeing all the traffic discussing the issue. Flushed the bottling bucket with CO2 (3/8" hose through a 3/8" hole drilled into the lid of the bottling bucket), did a closed transfer under...

Looks like the shot showing the furnace filter, supported by packing tape didn't make it on there....

Thought I'd share my diy setup for drying hops. Falls solidly into the venn diagram of "it ain't funny if it works" and "if it works, don't fix it." Basic components are an old box fan from the basement, a set of cheapo 20x20 furnace filters, scrap cardboard from amazon boxes, and some scrap...

Many moons ago, when I was heavily into salt water reef aquaria, there was a chemical analysis of commercial calcium chloride products and it turned out that the inexpensive pelletized one from Dow that is sold in janitorial supply stores for de-icing sidewalks here over in the states (blanking...

I finally got around to using the 2019 harvest Cascade that Kurt sent me a while back. Sorry it took so long to get around to brewing something up. Occupational hazard, when you have a 2 1/2 year old constantly finding new ways to make sure she has your undivided attention. Anyway, hops smelled...

Burgers on the grill, roasted green beans, and a homebrew or 3...

Actually, cascade is what you sent and it looked great, but I have yet to open or use it. Vacuum packed just the way I do it with my own. I'd have been interested in trying the centennial as well, but I would have sounded distinctly ungrateful if I'd asked for more or other than what you sent me...

I'll concede that there may be a bit of nostalgia involved, but they are really nice bottles. Amongst the best out there. Really solid thick glass. Nearly impossible to accidently break. But, the closure is really what makes them. Solid. Secure. Water tight. Easy to open wearing gloves while...

Vexing. Those are great bottles. I remember them fondly from my lab rat days. I've tossed it onto a wish list, in case the price drops again. At 112.79, I'll stick with repurposed baby bottles, but I'd totally grab them at $36.

Cammanron, going back to your original question and thought, I have done something similar with decanted supernatant left over after making a starter. It occurred to me that there was perfectly good alcohol in there and it would be a shame to waste it. Tossed in some hop cones, gave it a stir...

192 proof. I stand corrected. I try to keep some high proof Spirytus Rektyfikowany around the house as a solvent for making extracts and supplements. None of my basement mad scientist laboratory endeavors need anything so dry I'd have to bust out a molecular seive. Bonus points for the chemical...

Pretty sure it is/was a polypropylene food safe container. Regardless, not one that couldn't stand up to the solvent. But, thanks for your concern. It's still sitting on the shelf nearly a year later. Now flavorless and forgotten, but quite undissolved. :)

Last season, after I'd vacuum packed up the season's hop harvest, I noticed that the container I'd used to weigh out 2 oz portions was fairly yellow, sticky, and aromatic. So, I gave it a rinse with some 196 proof alcohol. Ended up with a small container of yellow hop extract, which I used to...

There isn't a ton of difference between the sources. It's all from the lake, after all, with minor variations likely due to the equipment it passes through and just natural testing variation. (I'm in the area as well.) I wouldn't obsess over which one yours actually is, but if you look at a map...

I initially used a diy setup with PVC/strainer bag/threaded rods, much like Bramling Cross and use an upgraded version of it to this day. As others noted, schedule 40 PVC just ain't made for boiling wort temps. I had sagging as the plastic softened and that concerned me. So, I swapped out the...

Not always a practical option on a hot summer day, but yes, prevention is certainly the best option. I'm always sure I'm being careful to not let exposed skin touch anything (yeah, right). But, the vines always seem to find the chinks in the armor. Plus, sometimes I just can't stop myself from...

This is the time of year when I'm constantly fiddling with my vines. Four varieties and they're planted close enough together that it takes some regular vine management to keep them from reaching across and growing together. No matter what I do to cover up, it seems I manage to brush an...

Hey Kurt, I'd be interested in trying out your Centennial and Cascade. I grow 4 varieties in my back yard, but Centennial isn't one of them (been kicking myself for years) and my yield on Cascade has been abysmal the last couple of seasons. I'll shoot you a message with my address. Elliot