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Ok this morning some sourness has started to develop. The metallic taste is still there but it's blending with the rest of the flavors of the wort a bit more. It may just be how the lacto is presenting in the unboiled wort right now and the flavor may blend in once I boil and ferment with...

Decided to begin my first sour experiment after almost 3 years of making non-sour beer. Brewed a Berliner Weiss and decided to kettle sour (or for me cooler sour to try and hold temp). Pitched a strain of Lacto Brevis from Wyeast's Private Collection Friday around 2:30pm into 105ish degree...

Ok - as far as the water considerations go. I was watering fairly regularly (3-4 times a week) and the leaves starting to curl downwards on me. I took that to mean I was possibly overwatering. Under the 6 inches or so of soil in the bed is quite a lot of clay soil and I thought this might be...

Gonna bump this one as the problem is spreading even after removing the first leaves. I'm starting to think this isn't insects or a nutrient deficiency and its possible this could be some sort of virus or infection. Seems too weird that only one bine on a healthy plant has this happening. A...

Encountered something weird today when looking at my Centennial plant. A dozen or so leaves on one of the bines had turned yellow and brown and basically fell off when I touched them. The other bines on the same plant look pretty normal and green (although a bit damaged by insects and...

Great advice! Yeah I think 3711 is the way to go. Don't want to risk a stuck fermentation. I haven't used any of the hops you mentioned but they sound great reading tasting notes of them. Might go with Hallertau Blanc or Mandarina. Thanks!

Wanted to get some advice for hop additions/amts for a hoppy saison I'm doing. Have some Nelson Sauvin and Galaxy on hand that I definitely want to use. Debating not doing a bittering addition since Nelson and Galaxy are both high AA% and would add some low IBUs at 15 mins and during the hop...

I'm not sure exactly what your system looks like but when I've had my plants reach the top of whatever I'm using (rope/trellis) I try to get them to grow horizontally however I can. If you have any way to just have them grow across the top of your trellis, or perhaps down a rung and then across...

Unrelated to the insect post (sorry for having two concurrent posts) I noticed some white dust or specks on the edges of the lower hop leaves today. I tried to rub or scrape it off but couldn't and I have no clue what it is. I also discovered some of the new leaves towards the top of the...

So I went out to my two Centennial plants today (one of which is doing much better than the other) and found some more holes in the leaves. I discovered 3 distinct egg clutches underneath different leaves. I promptly removed the leaves and disposed of the eggs but I thought I'd post the...

My primary is a better bottle but moved it to a bucket for dry-hopping (hard to squeeze those bags down the neck of the better bottle carboys. Only opened it once since the transfer (to take these pictures). I'll bottle it tomorrow and unless it looks weirder/worse I'm sure its fine.

Possible infection starting? Racked this Hoppy Wheat over to secondary for dry-hopping on 4/20 and noticed some white film/yeast/CO2/hop residue on top today (4/23). Looks slightly suspicious but beer tastes fine and smells pretty good (Amarillo+Simcoe dry hop). Took sample from bottom and...

Awesome - great info. I've only fertilized once about 3 weeks ago... and its only showing up on one of my plants. I'll assume it'll be ok if I just leave it be. Thanks for your help!

Started noticing some white powdery substance on the tops of some hop leaves on my Centennial plant (1st year, already about 10 feet tall). Tried to rub it off but it was kind of stuck on there. I dosed the leaves with some insecticidal soap last week - maybe this is some residue that dried on...

Just racked onto strawberries about 5 days ago and I opened up the fermenter to look at its progress. White film, powdery substances coated the top of the beer. It smells fruity, a bit tart - I tasted it and its really light, smooth with no tartness/acidity to speak of. Thoughts? Do I have...

Ok - should I do a soil test or just go ahead and get some 10-10-10 fertilizer and dose it? Any brands recommended?

So if it's not nutrient deficiency and not leaf burn from watering then... I used insecticidal soap and some organicide a week ago to take care of some aphids but I used them right before sunset - would these have caused the discoloration?

Soooo - watering should be at dawn or dusk? Didn't realize water on the leaves could cause burns.

I haven't fertilized them at all actually. I normally water them about twice a week unless the weather takes care of that. Had several fairly heavy rain storms over the past week or so.

Hey guys, first year hop grower here in NC. Strongest rhizome has turned out to be what I think is Cascade (may have mixed them up) but over the past week noticed some spots on the leaves turning yellowish. Karma points for anyone who has advice or thinks they know what it is (already been...