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One hop plant is getting munched (which I think I can deal with) but my other plant is wilting. Anyone care to hazard a diagnosis? Details: plants are in a large raised bed planter, watered with drip lines, and getting a slow feed from pellet fertilizer typically used for tomatoes and...

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No worries. I was wearing a tinfoil hat when I "announced" it.

No doubt, but it would still be nice to know the deal if I blow a tire or something and officer friendly comes a lookin'

Driving down to New Orleans with my family for spring break to visit friends. Our route takes us through Alabama and Mississippi. Let's say, just theoretically, that I had a keg of homebrew in the back. Would I be breaking the law? :confused:

The DFH clone was brewed 3/13, so it's only 4 weeks old. Yeah, I know... But as I mentioned in my first couple posts, this particular problem with AG batches lasted through some beers that I aged 2-3 months. The main issue is a prominent and consistent difference in flavor/aroma between my...

Update: The DFH 60 clone mentioned in post #72 -- the first for which I used the 5.2 stuff -- is coming of age and proving quite drinkable, if not tasty. It's strange, the objectionable off flavor and smell (really a combination of the two) lingered throughout much of this beer's development and...

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I'm new to hop growing, but I've been reading a bunch. From what I understand, you can grow hops in containers, but it will limit the plant's ability to produce and even a first year plant will quickly outgrow and become rootbound in a 5 gallon bucket. If you must grow in a pot, get the biggest...

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That's a lot to chew over, SC_Ryan, and I appreciate the time you took to express it. Can't say I'm not bummed at the notion that the solution to every problem in this hobby is buying more gear :eek: but I guess a pH meter is in my future. For the DFH 60 I did on Sunday, I did use the 5.2...

DFH is fermenting in another bucket that I nuked overnight with a bleach solution together with basically everything I use to brew (and then rinsed thoroughly, and then used Star San). No plans to move the Oatmeal Stout until it's ready to keg.

Just took a sample and gravity is still at 1.006-1.007 where it was a week ago, but the bad taste and smell is still present -- and nasty enough that I am leaning more and more towards infection. For what it's worth, and it's worth a lot to me, I brewed an AG Oatmeal Stout a little over a...

My carboy is glass but it definitely has some scratches (I got it second hand from someone who brewed with it a decade ago). I'll try to get some pictures up if I can capture them, but the beer that's sitting in it now (the one in question) still has a krausen after two weeks and it looks really...

No word back from JLW, unfortunately, but I'm beginning to wonder whether it's possible a lingering infection is the cause of my problems. Unlike my extract batches, I always do my all grain batches outside, which I suppose invites more chances of wild yeast or bacteria. I use both carboys and...

Having a guy do that is funny, but with a chick it's somehow disturbing. My wife (then girlfriend) and I watched, horrified, as her roommate got out of bed, dropped trough, and pissed in the middle of their bedroom one night in college. Very primal looking. At least two subsequent pets made that...

Thanks for the suggestion, rod, but I have varied my sources. First few AG batches were sourced from my LHBS, but this last one was made from bulk grain that I milled myself and hops bought online.

For this latest batch, I used a hop bag in the boil, so yeah the hops were filtered. In several previous batches, I did not.

Yes I tasted it, and no it wasn't present. As mentioned: "Wort tasted normal pre- and post-boil."