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I've got 2 largish insects that are continuously on my Cascade plant, and I'm unsure if they are friend or foe. I definitely have aphids, and have just released a bag of ladybugs on the 4 plants this evening to hopefully combat the problem. (see the other photos in my flickr set for the...

as i've mentioned in other posts, i'm growing hops in containers on our rooftop deck here in Chicago. We're not that high up, it's only equivalent to the 5th floor or so, but it is the highest building in a couple blocks in each direction. i hope to build a post about 6 feet high for them to...

This past weekend, I brewed the BYO Murphy's clone extract recipe, found elsewhere in these forums. Fermentation is going wild, yet the color of the 5 gallons isn't as dark as I would have expected for a stout. It seems to be lighter than the brown ale in the secondary next to it. I nailed...

I racked to secondary yesterday, and the stopper on the secondary, over time, always seems to slip up and out. I had used StarSan to sanitize both the carboy and the stopper, so I'm sure this is the culprit...but does anyone know any tricks for getting them to stay in place properly? I...

Hey guys, my first brew from yesterday went really well and is the primary bubbling away. But I had a question, related to partial boils, that I couldn't find an answer to in the forums as of yet. Living in Chicago, our water has a noticeable chlorine scent, so I am running everything through...