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I'm planning on planting my hops in raised a raised 3'x9' bed, with boards every 3' to basically make 3 3'x3' beds. Now, these will all be different varieties, and I don't want the hops to grow into the yard. My question is, how high does the raised bed need to be? 6", 1'? How deep are the side...

I haven't really done much recipe making before. I've only tweaked known recipes, so I could use some pointers. I had some North Peak Siren Amber last weekend and it blew me away. I thought this was a very solid beer and would like to make something like it. I'm not necessarily going for an...

Okay, so I can't be the only one who read the BYO article this month and thought making a Steinbeer sounded cool. For those that didn't read, it involved heating rocks in a fire, and using them to bring your wort to a boil. Stein is German for stone, I believe. It instantly caramelizes some...

Okay, I had a happy accident with one of my last batches. I was making a Game of Thrones inspired gruit, based on a 13-14th century recipe I found online. Prior to boil, this was by far my most unsanitized batch, including using fresh snowfall for water and filtering through tree branches. My...

A few months back someone gave me a bunch of these aluminum bottles, and I held on to them in case I got a bench capper. Well, I got a bench capper today, and I have a lawnmower beer that I plan on bringing camping, to the beach, etc. where it would be great to have it in the aluminum...

I was just wondering how do you all rotate your brews? i.e. Do you brew a new recipe every time? Do you have 3-5 beers you always brew, and that's it. 3 "standards" and 2 seasonals, etc. I am fairly new (only 9 so far) and have made a different batch every time, except we did our first one...

Fermentables: 2 lbs Purple Corn Kernels (steep @ 150 for 60 min) (This was purchased on Amazon, $10 a lb) 1/2 lbs Yellow Feed Corn Kernels (steep @ 150 for 60 min) (This is just the deer corn you can find at any gas station during hunting season, strip kernels off cob.) Spices/Seasoning...