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I have some very old pin lock kegs I bought at a yard sale years ago. They have been good, but a couple were leaking at the poppet valves. I had never replaced these valves before, so I did one tonight. The old poppet seated much better - they had a flat seal not an oring so I could not...

These are first year. Had some june bug issues, but they are still kicking. Going to put milky0 spore down this week, and plant bait plants for next year.

Seems the japanese beetles have moved in. At first it was a ccouple and I knocked them away, but they are finding the way in and really starting to eat the leaves in greater numbers. I don't want to use pesticides if I can, but I know I will now have grubs in the ground under the plants for...

My first year hops seem happy. The trellising for the cascades was done in a hurry, next year it will be higher or proper poles. Was not looking for a big crop first year, but lots of veg growth to grow a healthy root stock. The cascades: Zeus over the front walk, more for decoration, but I...

Got some rhizomes this year to plant. 4 cascade and one zeus. I am in central VA. Got the rhizomes in March - had a lot of late cold and ground was hard. Put them in the fridge and built boxes and planted in April - they were almost 4 weeks in fridge. One looked a little fungusy. The...

I have been extract brewing for 3 years now. I started with big heavy beers (double IPAs, Imp. Stouts...), so I know a ting or two about those. However, I am a beginner at all grain. I am currently making a cooler mash tun, and thinking about the first beer to brew with it. I am leaning...

Went to rack a stout from tertiary to keg tonight. Keg had been pressure tested, cleaned, sanitized etc. What I neglected to to was check the o-rings on the pin lock stems. Racked the beer. Added pressure. Attached line with picnic tap for testing. Boom, steady flood of beer down the side...

OK, so I have a sweet stout going I think may be stuck. I had a problem with a stopped fermentation with this yeast on a bigger stout I made earlier this year. Here is the recipe: 4oz Dark Choc Malt 4oz Roasted barley 8oz 120L Caramalt 1.5 lbs Amber LME 3.3 Lbs Pilsner LMS 3.3 Lbs...

My craziest, most ambitious beer to-date. A candied bacon cream stout. Extract and steeped grains beer. Will post the recipe if anyone wants. Need help with a name. Any suggestions?

Last year I bought a full fridge, kegs, manifold, tank, etc used (good rice yard sale find!!!! Woot!!). The stuff had not been used in years and the fridge gave out. I replaced the fridge, and have only had 2 kegs max going since then. The old system came with 3 taps and a picnic tap...

sorry for the pun, I am half knackered. So far, my best beer has been an imp. stout. Today I had a soda, it was a candied bacon cream soda and it was pretty good. A while back I had this http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/30405/114312/ Good, but a bit over the top. I am thinking...

Stuck my foot in my mouth and offered to make some brew for my girlfriend's best friends wedding. The brides fave beer is blue moon. Next week I plan on brewing a light wheat beer, but I do not want to clone, just be good. The date is at the end of may. I brew extract and steeped grains...

This past summer, I scored big. 4 ball lock kegs, 20lb tank, 4 port manifold, 3 taps, one picnic tap, regulator, gauges, disconnects, and an old fridge. Got it all at a yard sale from a former brewer cheap. Hadn't been used in years. Long story short, the fridge died. It was sort of...

Need a little advice here. I made an extract/steeped grain stout (intended to be very dark and strong, around imperial style but aged with jack barrel chips). It started as a kit that I modified, I don't have the recipe handy but can get it if needed. I was aiming for 8-9% abv. OG was...

This is what almost happened...... I put down a batch of imperial porter christmas day. 1.81 OG, US-04 yeast. Yesterday the airlock was bubbling happily. All in all it was a near perfect brew, I hit my numbers both for OG and cooldown time (cooldown is something I struggle with). Short lag...

I have read lots on kegging. I understand the basics of temp vs pressure vs line length, but see varied answers and lack practical experience. I have 5 gallons in secondary right now that will be my first to keg. I have a keg pressure tested and cleaned. I want to force carb this beer...

First time using a smackpack. Thought I broke the inner pouch, the pack swelled some. When I added to my wort the inner pouch was still intact (it actually looked as if there were 2 inner pouches attached to each other and one was empty, but may have been so from the start). I added the...

Two locations - Chapel Hill NC and Charlottesville, VA. Charlottesville is Sunday, Oct 19, 2014: 12pm-5pm Just announced today, much of the website still has old data from last years event. Give it time. http://homebrewforhunger.com/chapelhill/

Two locations - Chapel Hill NC and Charlottesville, VA. Charlottesville is Sunday, Oct 26, 2014: 1pm-5pm Just announced today, much of the website still has old data from last years event. Give it time. http://homebrewforhunger.com/charlottesville/

I have been brewing for about a year now, and just found a sweet (and cheap) keg setup at a yard sale on Saturday (picking it up today). Here is what I know I have (full inventory will be available once I pick it up). Full Size freezer top fridge Four kegs (pinlock) Co2 tank (10 or 15...