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A saison I wasn't sure the yeast, Wyeast 1367 Saison yeast of a previous brew from 3 tubes of yeast slurry mixed and frozen with glycerin 8 yrs ago, would still be healthy. Tasted finished brew last night and yeast is still fine. Used cashmere and zappa hops. Tastes nice.

I'm using a bottle brush after soaking in oxyclean. Old yeast out.

In SE Pennsylvania, had not that great a harvest. Spotted lantern flies, though less seen than years before are still around. About 30% less yield than last year.

I always use a little wheat for head.

Brewed 2 five gal batches yesterday. One was a saison using 3711 yeast I had in the freezer about 8 years in 3 test tubes with glycerin mix. The starter took off nicely. I had airlock activity in a couple hours after pitching it. Wound up using Cashmere and Zappa in it. Hope it works. Last...

Well, I was planning on brewing today in the garage, but my street seems to be getting new asphalt laid down now. Not sure how the smell of oil fumes could impact the beer. Pausing for a couple days.

Hi, I'm on East coast, but read that the ash and smoke from the wildfires may be effecting taste of hops. Any of you guys that grow hops recently brew with them and notice it? Cheers

I recently saw a show on NHK tv featuring some guys who opened a brewery. They made a wet hop beer from a local hop grower. Sorry, that's all I remember.

English stouts that I've made came out with not enough residual sugar for me using 1968. I tried Lallemand Windsor Yeast and happy with the result. I do want to try Verdant though.

The days of putting down a twenty and having a few a staying a while seem gone. I don't begrudge a business making a profit, but wonder why I see low alcohol beer at the same prices at high ABV. If I owned a bar or brewpub, personally I'd put at least one beer on that is affordable to the common...

Well I am ashamed to admit this. A couple weeks ago brewing this happened. It has been said to replace your plastic fermentation buckets if you have scratches to prevent infections. I've been using mine for over 15 years and the only infections I got were from some dumb thing I did not...

If you ferment in a bottling bucket, make sure to take off the spicket and clean it out completely. I got an infection couple times when starting out and overlooking this.

Don't know. I thought it might be the hops used.

I used to buy Pocono Pale ale and Steigmiar from Lionshead back in the day for my go to. I can't stomach more than one Yuengling lager. It starts to taste like soap after that.

Hefe wheat beer with Sorachi ace. Did one last year with them added at 15. Came out ok. Wanted more lemon flavor so more aggressive adding them. Definitely more taste of them. Hopefully not too much 'Pledge' flavor. So far can live with it. Trying to figure out how to use that hop.

I noticed price of gas going up near me at weld shop.

Thanks. Yes, it seems compressed shut. Hate to throw it out if it was just something to reattach. Maybe I'll sell it on ebay as a Three stooges prop.

This is the one I have after looking online. There's no name on it. I found it pretty accurate. Looks like it's on sale. Wish I could open it up to attach what's loose, but can't see how to open it...

Yeah $12 is about what I paid. I was happy to get this as I went through many electronic ones that failed quickly. Have to look for another.

Tried that but it just calibrates the needle and doesn't seem to want to come off. It looks like it is a sealed system. I can't see how to open it without breaking it. The needle is just free and goes anywhere it wants. So this noise I hear in it, a part became detached it seems when it...