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The old Green Flash. Ahhh. The tooth enamel stripping hops that just eased into a long beautiful bitterness. Loved that beer.

Schönramer-isch Pilsner from the recipe from Eric Toft, fermented with WLP835 and poured through a Lukr faucet into an Iitala Krouvi mug. Beautiful summer day in New Zealand

I’ve mixed some into sourdough bread. As mentioned above we make dog treats (above ingredients plus mashed banana). Sometimes compost. Sometimes a portion to the chickens (they absolutely love it). And sometimes I just spread it in the garden (usually winter time) as the quail and the pukeko...

I’d guess lack of water. Hops are greedy for water.

Yep. I’m still always careful with glass of course but breaking one won’t ruin the brew day when you have a drawer full as backup.

Check out AliExpress for usually cheaper versions of the exact same stuff you find on Amazon. This is where I’ve been buying a lot of my misc stuff including four hydrometers for a few bucks and some plastic test jars. Hydrometers all measured exactly the same in my SG test solutions, against my...

Just in case folks haven’t seen these… Great article on Tmavé Pivo brewing. Just brewed mine two days ago. Now in the fermenter waiting for the yeast to get going after I got the temp down low enough. I used Bestmalz Pils Malt and Mangrove Jack M84 yeast...

Hi, just joined after reading many threads from Google search results. I’m a transplanted Chicagoan in New Zealand for 17 years now. Home brewer using Grainfather. Started with Williams Warn kit which was created by a couple of Kiwi brewers. Also growing my own hops: smooth cone, Goldings...