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Do you typically pick two or more different times as they ripen or do you pick them all at once when the majority are in their prime?

Hello and welcome. HBT is a great source of information, a lot of experience in the hobby to be learned from. How I started, not saying it is the right way or the wrong way, but I started with a 5 gal pot on my stove doing 3 gal batches all grain (3 gal is all I could mash by the time I got...

Northern Neb has seen an unusually high amount of precipitation this year, and has been moderately warm (80s-90s) but nothing extreme. This past week I have been noticing quite a few Cascade cones starting to brown, the lupulin is darkening, and the leafy portion of the cone is...

I bet you just picked them too early. Better to harvest later vs early, because the lupulin hasn't been fully produced yet. May hop farms don't harvest till Aug-Sep, and 3 weeks ago would be late Jun, early Jul. Not a hop professional, but I'd bet you added hop flesh without adding as much...

being able to brew anything in the world but choosing to brew the same recipe time and time again is like having the power to build anything you can dream up - but deciding to remodel the bathroom instead. Seriously though, I've only repeated a batch one time (1) because my BMC friends will...

cream of 3 crops in progress. Figured making a beer with corn in it is appropriate for an American holiday.

The grains are a source of fiber. Fiber causes both gas and diarrhea. Fiber draws water into the bowel acting as an osmotic agent causing the diarrhea. Also, fiber is digested by a different microflora than canine diets are designed for, causing the gas.

1800w would probably do a partial boil for a 5 gal batch, insulating the kettle would help. I have a 3500w burner, which works well for 5 gal batches. I've boiled up to 9 gallons of wort with no issue. My kettle is insulated, however. The higher wattage models require 240v service, so keep...

this thing will forever be a work in progress.

Munich helles as the inaugural brew on my diy herms system. Real excited for my first light lager. Probably a poor choice for a new setup but i already had the ingredients from my old system.

Veterinarian here. The biology/chemistry side of things got me into brewing, the engineering side of things keeps it interesting!

Drying outdoors on a surface that allows air passage using a box fan works well too, but would require using window screens or storm door screens. This is more of a passive method and can take a few days but does not volatilize near the oils that other methods do.

Oven temps even on low will be too high for drying hops. You want to remove the moisture from the plant material, but not volatilize the oils. Food dehydrators accomplish this quite well. I had 6 plants and obtained 6.1 oz dried on first year plants. I vacuum sealed them after drying in 1 oz pkgs.

Well for starters, you shouldn't need to extrude the hop cones into pellets unless you invest in some industrial processing equipment. But what I did last year was manually pick cones off the bines (about an HR of work for 6 plants growing up a 1 story house), weighed altogether the wet weight...

Any more on your build? I'm in the process of doing the exact same thing actually and stumbled across your build. Moving from 2 vessel infusion mash in a cooler to e-herms using a bottom drain keggle for hlt and a dspr120 for mash (and someday boil) capability.

Are you trying to decide between a spa panel and mounting a dryer outlet, or are you deciding between a spa panel and a GFCI breaker in the box downstairs? Certainly you need some sort of current protection when liquid and electricity are involved - thus the choice should be between the GFCI...

First off, welcome to HBT and the hobby. My wife got me a starter kit 4 years ago and I can't count the hours I've spent wasted on researching brewing equipment or techniques. Second, by adding grains to the wort are you adding them as steeped grains or straight into the boiling wort? Steeped...

I use a bayou 1064 on the avantco 3500. Works well. Rapid temp increases, haven't boiled more than 8 or so gallons, but it seemed to handle that volume pretty well.

North Central Nebraska. Would be willing to drive up to a couple hours for a legal keg in decent shape. Where are you located?

Looking to convert sanke kegs to a 3 vessel e-herms for a project this winter. Having trouble finding them via contact with local brewers and distributors and Craigslist. If anything is available let me know, I appreciate it. Thanks, Nate