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I was using Star San, and I have half a bottle which is probably no good anymore. I will have to check out the site recommendation. TBH, I didn't think much would have changed (mankind has been making beer essentially the same way for centuries), but there was that moment when I realized...

My last batch of homebrew was bottled right after my son was born. He is now 6 and all of my equipment has sat idle for far too long. I'm putting together an order so I can brew up one of my old standbys, but I paused for a moment. 6 years is a long time for all sorts of new techniques...

Feeling like a winner this year! (Been trying for a mash paddle for several years, now.) Happy Anniversary HBT, you've been there for me through the good and bad of my homebrewing career. :rockin:

Another year and another try to win one of those mash paddles! Come on 2013, be lucky! :mug:

Not sure if there are any other woot.com / shirt.woot, etc. fans out there, like myself, but there is a "Homebrew" related shirt in this week's shirt.woot.com derby. For those who don't know, the "derby" is how they choose some of the shirts that get sold. The ones who get the most votes get...

Didn't get my mash paddle last time around, so, here goes another attempt! :: positive thoughts :: :mug:

Local Homebrew store is starting a keg exchange program. Basically they take your finished kegs, send them out to get cleaned and get new rings, etc. You then take one of the fresh, new ones, home to use. Basically all you have to do is put a deposit down on them. Anyone think this is a good...

That's what I'm hoping. Once these bines wither, I'm hoping a few small shoots may come up in that area to replace them. Shame, though, these were 10' already.

Ugh, thanks to some heavy storms, I lost 2 Cascade bines (on the same string). We had some high winds, and a portion of my neighbors' patio furniture ended up in my hops garden and crushed the bines near the base. :( It didn't cut it all the way through, but it creased it to the point that they...

Southeast Pennsylvania here. (2) 2nd Year Cascades & (2) 2nd year Goldings are flying out of the soil already. This past weekend I pruned down all of the really long "early" bines, and I'll be putting up the trellis this weekend. Thinking I'm just going to let 2 bines per plant grow this...

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So it took until my 5th batch until I lost a piece of equipment. As many brewers before me, I have broken my racking cane at the bend while trying to remove the siphon tube. :mad: Anyway, this cane was part of an auto-siphon system that I purchased as a set. Am I going to have to throw out...

So yesterday I harvested my first year plants. I didn't get a lot, since they were first years, but ended up with about 7 oz. off the bines. These were all from 2 Cascades. My 2 Goldings didn't give anything worth harvesting, but they grew, so that's a plus. After the harvest I let the...

Yuengling?

Was speaking about the swamp cooler. But now that you mention wet t-shirts, I'd say that guy gets a nod as well. :D

Normally when I brew I am using an aquarium heater to keep my ferment temperatures up, since my cellar is nice and cool year round. This Summer, however, has been brutal in Pennsylvania and my basement temps have actually risen to almost 80-degrees. My most recent batch was the first in...

5 gallons of Greater Pumpkin Ale 23,328 gal. + 5 gallons = 23,333 gallons.

Strange. We have a family of rabbits living under our back porch, right next to the hop garden. They haven't so much as paused to sniff the bines.

My first years have been growing like wildfire for the past few months. I was very excited to see the number of cones starting to pop out. Now, though, I feel like I'm about to lose every single one. :mad: I've been chasing nitrogen issues for the entire growing season, and have been very...

So after surviving several VERY gusty Thunderstorms, my hops finally got beat up pretty good from a storm that blew up last night. I had a strong piece of wire going across the top of my trellis, that somehow got sheared right where it connects to the one post. So, of course, I woke up this...