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My hops are starting their 3rd season and through some neglect on my part have become quite unruly,When I initially planted them I covered a small area with landscape cloth and mulch, bordered by timbers. The vines quickly found their way under the cloth, along the timbers and up the support...

I have a Choc stout 1 1/2 weeks primary 1 1/2 weeks secondary and a smoked porter 2 1/2 weeks primary That I want to keg. In your opinion will this beer "properly" condition, force carbed in a keg as opposed to several more weeks in a secondary?

I recently acquired an old firestone style keg, I will be cutting the top off and using it for a HLT on the 3 tier I plan on building soon. Quick ?,What do you guys use for a sight glass? I am considering using a SS compression type fitting and a piece of sight glass tubing from McMaster Carr...

Should pellet hops be added directly to boilpot? or in a bag? My last batch had alot of hops on the bottom seems kinda wasteful.

I brewed my first AG this past weekend.SWMBO came home last week from the hairdresser with a 50 lb bag of barley "for chicken feed". It turned out to be Breiss 2 row brewers pre crushed. This spurred a trip to LHBS and frantic equipment manufacturing day Sat. I had only done extract/partial up...

Last night I brewed my fourth batch of beer. I used 6.6 lbs extract. Experimented with some leftover hops from the fridge. And made a yeast starter from the lager I had racked earlier.This is my first attempt at a starter. I mixed in some corn syrup about an hour before pithing. Probably had...

I just finished boiling my third batch of homebrew. 6.6 lbs dark extract .75 oz perle hops .5 oz tettnanger hops 1 pkg lager yeast I purchased Superior Lager yeast Since the HBS store is twenty five miles away and closed this is the yeast I will pitch. Any...

My first batch of homebrew was copied from "Bill" who has been making his own beer for years.It basically involved boiling about 6 pounds of grain for 3 hours.The beer he had was pretty good.My first batch was o.k. but I did not condition long enough. None of the recipes I see are even close to...

My second batch of homebrew is in the secondary. My first batch turned out pretty well I think.But I am not a very good judge I'll drink anything! Especially if I made it. I have a few basic questions. Ive heard of the 1-2-3 rule and I'm trying to follow it (patience is wearing thin).Can...