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    Too late for starter?

    Hey guys, Brewing a Marzen with an OG of 1.054 tomorrow. I forgot to make up my starter yesterday and wouldn't be able to get it going until tonight which would give the starter less than 12 hours. I'm assuming that is not enough time to get a decent amount of fermentation going. So would you...
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    Fermentation

    Hey guys, I am brewing a clone of Old Chub and I need to know if I have lost this beer. I checked it on Monday and it had really good fermentation going. I went back and checked it tonight and at some point the pressure popped the airlock completely off leaving the open hole in the lid. I...
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    Pests

    So my hops are going real nice so far but I have recently discovered something eating the leaves. I've tried neem oil and insecticidal soap but it hasn't done the trick. Any ideas of what I may have eating my plants and what to use to get rid of them?
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    Lager transfer to secondary

    Hey guys, I'm starting my diacetyl rest on an Oktoberfest I just brewed and was wondering if it mattered at all if I transfer into a secondary right before I start going down to lagering temps or can I do it once it gets there? Seems to me it would be fine if I waited (I have a scheduling...
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    First Lager

    I'm brewing my first lager, a doppelbock with an OG of 1.088. My fermentation started 4 days ago and was going pretty good. I looked at it today (5 days) and it has definitely slowed down. I was planning to check the gravity tomorrow to see where it is at but thought it would take at least 10...
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    Bugs in Hops

    Hey all, my first post here. I started growing hops and they weren't coming up do I dug down to see what's going on. I found little white bugs had burrowed into the rhizomes. Here's a picture. Anyone know what they are?
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