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Well I was surprised that it took as long as it did for my fermentation to kick off. Something like 18 hours after adding the slurry saved from the conical of my last batch. It was essentially a 22oz bottle worth and I let it come to room temp first. Maybe there was less viable yeast in there...

Stone does use the local water...but they have a large R/O unit and my understanding from the tour guy was they roughly used 1/2 R/O water and 1/2 local water. They adjusted the ions from there to come close to London. That was my understanding at least... So, that is what I did today...

After having this on tap at Stone, some time ago, I swore I would brew it at some point. That "some point" is now! When I was at stone that time, they said that they shot to make their water like London. I didn't think to ask whether or not that was for all their beers, but I wouldn't be...

It never made sense to me how 1.058 could be correct. Seems like 1.064 and a lower mash temp might get you there. Oh, I wish I could get Bell's in CA to see what the real thing tastes like! Guess I'll just have to settle for Alesmith, Stone, Green Flash, Russian River...:drunk: Seriously...

Oh, it is. It's the 20 gallon Boilermaker. Basically I rationalized getting the 20 gallon over the 15 becuase it was "just 30$ more than the 15". Easy to do, when you've already rationalized the first 350 or whatever it was... It's a little big for just 5 gallon batches. I sure don't...

Well, a lot has happened, since my last post. We ended up moving, (which was unpredicted at the time), which pretty much shot my whole experiment to heck. My new place has a small back yard, but it faces north. So, I only get afternoon direct sun here is SoCal. I can't figure it out...

Well, thought I would post up some pics of the brew, and some of the wort post boil, to try to convery what the color will be what with the Victory for Vienna substitution. It's a beautiful brew and smells great. So hard to be patient! Cheers, Mike

Thanks! Smells great now! I suspect it'll be a month before I can post up results...but will be sure to post pics! Thanks again for the inspiration! Cheers, Mike

Based on reading this thread, and advice from a brew buddy who swears by Bell's Two Hearted Ale (which I've never had sadly), I decided to make this my next brew. Brew Day came, and I went to Home Brew Mart here in SD to get my ingredients. Wouldn't you know they were out of Vienna! So, had...

These are always tricky to figure out. As has been said many time, it's easy to over fertilize, hard to under fertilize. Same goes for water to some extent. I think the watering thing has to do with essentially water-logging the roots such that nutrient absorption is inhibited. Thus, it's...

Well here we are at Day 15: The Centennials:

As if I should be surprised, but the beer is carb'd! Just so used to kegging, it's like magic when it carbs in the bottle! Anyways, thanks again for the advice. Cheers, Mike

Oh, and another thing. The 4th chinook has sent up it's first shoot! One of the cents has 7 up so far!!! Which brings me to a thought... I see that many trim back the growth until they get a few really spry bines, and then let those 2-3 really take off. Wonder what the communal thought...

Great advice, no doubt about it. My thought is that for year one, either way, I'm probably not going to have a banner year. I'm going to do my best with what I've go so far. I may go this route next year. I'll definitely consider it. I've made raised beds in the past, and had great success...

I haven't entirely worked out my trellis system. I know at least part of it is going to involve an outrigger pole (used for fishing) which is about 15' long, is telescoping, and has eyelets every 5' or so. I'll probably make a base for it (quick-crete in a 5 gal bucket) and then run lines to...

Still thinking positive--5 shoots up on one of the Cents and the first shoot up on a Chinook! Happy Days friends...happy days... Cheers, Mike

I thought about the roof thing. I may put some sort of shielding around the bases. At least it is kind of white, so it reflects some heat. This was also part of the reason I put them on the east side of roof. They'll be shielded from the late afternoon sun / heat which is magnified by...

Just to clarify: There are 4 pots. The other two wouldn't fit in the frame with my 50mm lens! So 4 rhizomes, each in a separate pot. An nothing on the 2 Chinooks (yet). I thought I was clear, but if I wasn't I apologize. Come on Chinook! Mike

I read all over the internet on this, including the info that was sent from FreshHops. I saw everything from 3-4 to 1". I ended up planting horizontal at 2". We'll see what happens. Good Luck! Mike

Sounds great to me! :mug: I thought about whiskey barrels. We'll see what happens. These are 20" pots, which I guess is what Chris Colby talked about in his recent article from BYO: Brew Your Own: The How-To Homebrew Beer Magazine - Story Index - Hops - Growing Hops in Containers...