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Depends what I have going on with my homebrew. Some drinking sessions call for stuff I don't have on hand. People don't all dig the same beers I brew, or have on hand at that point in time, so I buy beer to have for others to enjoy. Also, variety is the spice of life and some times I don’t...

As others have said, check out the hop growing threads, often times you can buy a cutting from someone there and you'll be all set. I started my plants in pots for the first couple of years then transplanted into a bigger pot or the ground. The roots will grow through the pot and into the...

the best I've have homebrew wise was with an oak spiral. You get more surface area touching the beer and you don't have a million chips to worry about. I've used a white oak spiral in an IPA and it turned out great. of course white oak is a little different than the boozy toasted oak taste...

I started tomatillos and peppers way early this year just due to being bored and wanting to see green stuff instead of snow all the time. I have paprika peppers, yolo peppers, sun bright peppers, tabasco pepper, and banana peppers. Also waiting on the ground to thaw out totally so I can plant 4...

+1 on the swing-top bottles if you want to reuse caps. I'm pretty darn good and popping a beer with a lighter, or any other object that you can get leverage with, but I'm not sure if it's worth the risks unless caps are now getting hard to come by. I reuse all the bottes from store bought beer...

I'd have to agree with RM-MN... if fermentation was complete and you're using good sanitizing practices you should be good. Maybe use a priming calculator to make sure you have the right amount of priming sugar. If you're not sure how much to use then you can look up the c02 per 12oz per the...

I bought a cereal killer mill, maybe 8 or so years ago, for about $60 and I still have it. 5 lb hopper and Worth every penny!

If they still look like that I'd get a sanitized spoon and carefully submerge the hops on top. I wouldn't stir term in. I'd just submerge them and they should fall apart and get into the beer. I know a lot of brewers are really careful about oxidation with these super hoppy beers but I'm not...

I have grown centennial and cascade with good success in NoVa. I had Nugget and Chinook but they didn't make it after moving so many times. The Chinook probably could have made it but I didn't transplant it from a pot in time for a big freeze one year and it never came back. Not sure if saaz and...

Back when the kids were really little I'd brew whenever I could. The times would change based on what was going on at the time. My wife runs a business too so there's always stuff to do then throw in the kids and I was left with whatever time was available. Sometimes it was a super early brew...

I'm turning 40 this year so I felt the need to chill out a little on drinking and drink more water and tea. I started growing my own herbs and edible flowers so I can make my own teas. Plan is to add my home grown hops into a tea as well. As far as brewing goes I'd like to get into traditional...

Welcome back! I keep taking breaks from brewing as well. Needed to make time for other hobbies and also for health reasons. When I was cranking out 5 gallon batches and running kegs for years and years on end I found, for one, it was way too much beer for one person to drink, and 2, I'd get...

I'm sort of going through the same thing but it's a gastro issue for me. I have brewed for over 10 years and have had a lot of the same habits as you it sounds like. I love brewing as well but have realized I'm going to have to chill out if I want to enjoy any kind of beer or brewing in the...

Cheers to that! The feeling of pouring your own beer never gets old. Neither does seeing other people's reactions or hearing their opinion of your beer. I always like giving beer to self proclaimed beer snobs and hearing what they have to say. Sharing in the brew club is always fun too because...

Red stripe or a schwarzbier

I'd guess 3/16 ID and 5/16 OD just based on their Amazon ad.

The centennial blonde ale that's on here is a great recipe and will probably fit well for what you're looking looking for. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/centennial-blonde-simple-4-all-grain-5-10-gall.42841/

I use brown malt in my brown ale and it's great. No more than 8 oz in a 5 gallon batch and I've made it several times. Speaking from experience too, brotha.

My 5th year centennial plant. I didn't do much past trim the bull shoots... I sort of let them go this year but still wound up with a bunch of hops.

If a bine is ready I harvest it. If a bine on the same plant isn't ready then I leave it until it is. I've done fresh hop half batches in November just to make sure I can use them all haha. I only have a couple plants though. Once they're all harvested I cut them at the dirt and look forward to...