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I still buy 1oz packs of hop pellets when I brew and over the past few batches, I've accumulated some leftover hops. Some of them have .5oz left, some are full, but I would like to use them all. I would like to develop an IPA ... either a session IPA, or IIPA. I will brew this as an AG brew...

Did a breakfast stout yesterday that had the better part of 20lbs of grain in it. I used 6gals of strike water, and sparged with another 1gal. I barely got over 5gals of wort. I checked my OG and it wasn't too far off, so I used more water to sparge. In total, 7.5gals of water went into my MT...

I have a 10gal Igloo cooler MT and wanted to build a copper manifold for it as opposed to using a false bottom or bazooka tube. Plus I wanted the pride of a DIY project. Anyhow, copper pipe, copper elbows, flux and lead-free solder. The slits were cut with a Dremel tool, then sanded on both the...

My neighbor informed me that he has some hop vines growing, but he didn't plant them. Apparently the previous owner of his house planted them. Anyway, they keep growing year after year at his place. He has no use for them. They currently are over 20 feet tall, scaling the pine trees on his...

I picked up a Black IPA kit from my local shop and brewed it a couple weeks ago. My OG was pretty close to what the kit stated. I kept it in my primary for 7 days, then transferred to my secondary for 21 days. I think I added an extra 1oz of hops during the secondary, but can't remember for...

Hey all, I'm excited to browse the different sections of HBT and check out the pictures. I started brewing about 2 years ago, but started with Mr. Beer kits. I out grew those kits and started buying equipment to brew 5gal batches. I also wanted to actually start brewing beer, not just boiling...