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When you guys harvest your hops, how much bine do you leave on the plant? I've read that you should leave the bottom 2'-3'. Is there a point at which you cut that back even further before winter (Michigan hop growing season)? Do you let that just fall to the ground to die off? What's the...

Doing a strawberry blonde for summer. Going to add the berries to secondary. Debating rather I should kill off the yeast first or let them ferment the fruit too. Pros and cons of either?

Anybody ever use one of these (this brand). I know I can make a simple one for cheap but this seemed nicer quality than a project box... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Temperature-Controller-For-Beer-fermentation-Fridge-Kegerator-two-stage-/111112333117?_trksid=p2054897.l4275

Just wondering how many people do this... I recently learned in my amateur and inexperienced use of an immersion chiller that if you add a large coil of room temperature metal to a pot of boiling liquid, it quickly cools and stops boiling, meaning there is a few minute period while the wort...

I've read through the endless arguments about the various pros and cons of cold steeping dark grains. What I couldn't find was a good consensus on the appropriate time to add the liquid and why. I would prefer to add preboil to make my hop utilization calculations easier. I've read that some...

Just wondering how crazy I was for doing this. After my boil and chill with immersion chiller, I no longer rack with an auto siphon which picks up a bunch of hot break and hop material. I now just stretch a grain sock over my big funnel and dump the whole kettle in. The grain sock catches 99% of...

Hey, just looking for a critique. I want a real Piney and Warm IPA for Christmas. This is what I have planned. Batch size: 5 gal Boil volume: 7 gal Estimated OG: 1.067 Estimated color: 6.7 srm Estimated IBU: 70.4 Estimated efficiency: 70% Boil time: 60 Ingredients ----------- 6.00...

I'm brewing another leftovers batch to use up some ingredients I've had lying around for a while now. They don't all have to be used and I'm open to buying a few things to round it out.. but this is what I came up with so far. I used the BrewR app for design and calculations. I input actual...

Hi, I've been doing beer about a year but just did my first couple of "meads" about a month ago. I had a couple of questions about the process. 1st I'll explain where I am at. I did 3 1-gallon batches. A raspberry melomel, a pear melomel and an apple pie cyser. All were fermented with a...

Hi, looking for an all-grain or partial-mash Arbor Brewing Sacred Cow IPA clone. Having trouble finding one for some reason. Thanks.

Hoping to do this batch in the next few weeks. I have most of the ingredients already. Designed with the help of the BrewR app. All numbers are estimates. Hops are pellet except for dry hop addition which will be whole. Thanks. OG 1.069 FG 1.017 abv 6.8% IBU59.2 SRM 11.3 4 lbs xtra...

Hi, I had a newb idea for a wort chiller (may already be in use) I would like some feedback on. I'm building my own copper coil chiller, for fun and savings, and I wanted to increase it's efficiency and decrease water waste. I was looking to combine the method of ice bath and immersion coil and...

Hi, I'll be brewing my 3rd ever brew in a few weeks and am going to have a bunch of leftover unused grain from this and the previous batches I'd like to apply to making a 4th. So far I've done a Raspberry Wheat, Irish Red and soon I'll be doing the White House Honey Ale. All have been 5 gallon...