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I want to grow hops this year but am confused on some of the details of growing. How much sun should I give the hops? I can plant along my back fence and the plants will get full sun all day, or I can plant on the side of the house and the plants will get 6-8 hours of sun a day. Also when should...

I want to buy a 15 gallon kettle but am concerned about it being too big. I normally brew 5 gallon batches and only do 10 gallon batches 1-2 times a year. Would I be better off with a 10 gallon MT? I'm worried about having my grain bed to shallow in the larger kettle. I want the extra room So I...

I am using RO water to brew a Hefeweizen. The recipe goes like this. 6# German Wheat 4.5# German Pils .5# Munich .5 oz Perle 60 min .5 oz Tettnang 15 min WLP300, fermented @ 62 for 10 days. Does this look good? How should I treat my water? I feel like I should add some calcium...

I will be brewing another hefeweizen in a few weeks and would like advice on how to treat the water I will be using. I brew with RO water because my tap water has off flavors due to old pipes. Hopefully I will be able to redo all of my plumbing this summer but until then I only have RO. The...