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Last year, first year with my new hop yard. It's an old stockyard, perhaps the richest soil you can imagine. I actually got a good yield the first year, which is unusual. This, the second year, they went nuts. But--here we are nearing harvest, and some of the hop cones are turning brown...

PART ONE HomeBrewTalk readers: This was written to a relative who was considering opening a brewery; my hope was they would not repeat the same mistakes. This "Requiem for a Brewery" is my take on why they failed. YMMV as they say. Comments are welcome. You may disagree with me—you’ll be...

I don't want to post this item if it's not appropriate... ...I managed to scratch an itch of mine--that is, to brew in a commercial brewery, see if people would actually pay money for my beer and, more importantly, come back and buy it again. Sadly, that brewery closed due to a huge number of...

Comments, ideas, critiques, and suggestions welcome! I had a bucket of rhizomes from hops believed to be the descendants of hops grown in the mid-1800s at the Potosi Brewery. Potosi, WI is the home of the National Brewery Museum, worth a visit if you get out this way. They're of particular...

A little background: I've been away from HBT for a while given my involvement in a local brewery (long story there, ask Q's via PM). Among the discussions we had there, between me and a couple of brewers, was about oxygenating dry yeast...or not. This brewery used dry yeast exclusively; I...

Before I get into this, I believe that people like what they like, and they're not wrong to like what they like. But I've been trying to reconcile two approaches to drinking beer, and would like to initiate a conversation on this. * * * * * There appears to be two types (bear with me)...

A buddy of mine put me onto an interesting source, a top-100 brewery tour in the US. The author created an algorithm such that you could drive, using the most economical route (time wise) to visit all of them. Of course, whose list of top 100 one uses is somewhat individualistic, but if you...

It's been 5 1/2 years but I have done it--yesterday I brewed batch #100. A friend of mine suggested an appropriate recipe for 100 would be something like Bell's Two Hearted Ale, which uses only Centennial hops in the recipe. Centennial....100.....makes sense. But.... I need a name. "Batch...

I bought a steam catcher from BobbyM a couple years ago--very happy with it with one small complaint--the very strange odor that emanates from the system when using it. It's at worst a minor annoyance, something the ability to brew in my garage in the winter overcomes easily. I'd given up...

Background: a few weeks back, had the 5500-watt element in my BK firing to heat cleaning water; started pumping it out, was distracted by guests, and let the element become exposed. Burned it out. 30-amp GFCI breaker popped when I tried to turn it on again; clearly shorted out the element...

I've searched; didn't find anything all that helpful. So my son comes home for Thanksgiving, has a growler of a Pale Ale he brewed. I try it; no off flavors, he's done it well. I'm sipping and sipping and.....it occurs to me that it's really similar to Moon Man by New Glarus, really similar...

I want to do some yeast experiments with viability of expired or close to expiration yeasts, some other experiments as well. I would like to find an economical way to do multiple stir plates, a shaker table, or something that would let me do 4-6 starters at once. I might use quart jars, or...

Planned to do a California Common this weekend. Friday we went to DBQ for dinner and I checked to see if I needed anything from the LHBS before I went. But he closes at 6pm, it's 5:15pm, it's a 30-minute drive, so I have to hurry. I checked my hops (yes, need some Northern Brewer, get some)...

EDITED: Great ideas in this thread, thank you! I ended up ordering this one and will report back after I've used it for a while. https://www.amazon.com/AC-Infinity-Cooling-Ventilation-Projects/dp/B009OXTWZI/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8 ***************** I've been using an inexpensive...

In another thread we're welcoming a new brewer from the UK. He's using a kit, and in that kit are brown plastic beer bottles: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00ELHENN8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_SWsDDbCJGWMJM?tag=forumyield-20 I thought, "that's terrific!" How many of us would like to take our...

...according to this article titled "Craft Beer Boom: The Numbers Behind the Industry's Explosive Growth." https://www.visualcapitalist.com/numbers-craft-beer-industry-u-s/ It's an interesting counterpoint to this recent thread: The Craft Beer Bubble is Bursting The funniest part of the...

I have a ton of stickers from breweries, brew equipment manufacturers, and so on. I'd love to decorate my keezer and ferm chamber with them, but as my wife noted, once they're on there, they may not come off easily after being on there for extended periods. Yesterday it dawned on me: magnetic...

Don't know why I didn't think to check this before... Brewed today; I have a recirculating RIMS system, and it appeared that I was getting a stuck mash. Couldn't get good flow. When it was time to pump to the BK, again, very slow. It was odd, I had a grain bill with only 8 ounces of Choc...

The Inkbird 308, probably the most popular temperature control device for keezers and ferm chambers, is on sale during Amazon Prime for $28, regularly $35. You have to be an Amazon Prime member for the deal. Good through tonite only...

....or at least it looks that way to me. Anyone else notice an increase in the number of "new" members who gave up brewing for any number of reasons, and now are getting back into it? There has been discussion over the last year or so about the decline in home brewing. Not sure how true that...