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Does using whole leaf hops over pellets for dry hopping make it more prone to this grassy flavor? I've only dry hopped with pellets, generally 7-10 days, and have never noticed any grassy notes.

I'm growing hops for the first time and I noticed my Chinook vine split a couple inches above the soil (rather than a new vine coming up from the soil). Should I let these 2 continue to grow or should I prune it such that only the stronger one continues to grow?

Update from yesterday: So I opened an IPA that was bottled 3 weeks ago last night. Appeared over carbonated based on cap hiss and head on beer. Was able to pour probably 3/4 of the beer into a pint glass, then could pour the rest once the head subsided. Also opened a California Common...

The beer temperature was the first thing I noticed when I started using the calculators, especially since it was winter time the ambient air temperature was in fact cooler. I don't have a fridge or freezer I ferment in, I do my best with the ambient temperature in my closet. So when the yeast is...

Priming sugar is always added to the bottom of the bucket. Then the beer is racked from the secondary into the bucket. I always have used table sugar and always do my calculations with table sugar. And yes, I do it based on the volume of beer I'll be bottling. Aside from now...

Yep, I believe my beers are complete. I give my beers approximately 2 weeks in the primary and 2 weeks in the secondary. Usually the gravity reading after the primary and after the secondary are the same or different by about 0.001. My FG regularly comes out at or below the predicted FG. So...

That was one of the initial changes I made. When I started using the online calculators for priming sugar I also started weighing it.

A little pretext. I used to be an extract brewer and quickly began adding specialty grains. I brewed this way for a few years and was successful with my beers. About a year ago I switched to all grain brewing via the BiaB method and enjoyed the finished products I was getting. However, after a...