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After a disastrous first brew with leaf hops I have learned my lesson and am looking into using hop bags or a hop spider. My only concern is that I have an electric brew kettle and am worried that the bag will burn or melt if it contacts the heating element. I plan on trying to minimize the...

Anybody ever use this strain and have a very fast fermentation time? I pitched a starter that started to takeoff within 4 hours, had very vigorous fermentation for a day and then nothing. I've never used this strain before and don't know what to expect. Anybody have any experience with this?

My neighbor just dropped off about 10oz of hops he grew in his yard. Have no idea what type they are or anything else about them, just that they are hops. I've never brewed with whole leaf hops let alone mystery hops, any recipe suggestions out there for these guys?

My neighbor just dropped off about 10oz of hops he grew in his yard. Have no idea what type they are or anything else about them, just that they are hops. I've never brewed with whole leaf hops let alone mystery hops, any recipe suggestions out there for these guys?

I tried my hand at brewing my first belgain sour last night. The brew was standard, right mash temp,strong rolling boil, knocked out, aerated the wort, and activated and pitched the 3278 as I normally would with any other yeast. This morning however there is still no action in the carboy. My...