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I have about 6 plants worth of fresh centennial hops that are ripe and ready to pick. Due to some life changes I won't be able to utilize them this year. Free to anyone willing to come pick them up. I live in Ypsilanti, Michigan. PM me if you're interested. I'd love to see them get a good home.

Here's a NEIPA, came out great, and a CAP, also pretty good. I may not brew for quite some time after about 10 years at it. I think I've become quite a decent brewer. My wife and kids moved put about 3 months ago. I was blindsided. She has not asked for divorce, but doesn't seem to want to...

I'm brewing up an IPA soon and plan on doing more of a late hop/hopstand sort of thing. Here's the recipe: Bentt Stand IPA American IPA (14 B) Type: All Grain Batch Size: 10.25 gal Boil Size: 13.24 gal Boil Time: 60 min End of Boil Vol: 11.34 gal Final Bottling Vol: 10.00 gal...

I am brewing a clone of Short's Good Human's Dry-hopped Double Brown Ale, and I am also brewing a pretty standard APA with no crystal and a third of the bill pilsner and about 8% victory malt. I am looking for advice on yeast choice. I have plenty of S-05 on hand which would probably work fine...

I plan on brewing a German pilsner with 100% german pilsner malt, 9lbs. I plan on buying distilled water and building it from scratch. I've never done a beer this pale or with 100% base malt. Any ideas as to what minerals I should add and if I need to use some acidified malt or not? I have...

I am thinking of making an ipa with a Citra, Galaxy, and Mosaic hop combination. I plan on using a small amount of Chinook for bittering, and lots of the aforementioned hops between 10 mins, hopstand, and dry hopping. Will these hops go well together? Should I add in some late Chinook as well...

I have a lot of homegrown Chinook hops that I need to use up so I decided to make a sort of Arrogant Bastard clone. I plan on making 10 gallons and dry hopping half in the keg to serve fresh and aging the other half on few ounces of medium toast Hungarian oak cubes for a month or 2. My...

Every time I head into a nice bottle shop or head down to the local brewery or pub I see the new beers coming out, "Pineapple IPA or Rhubarb Hibiscus Saison or, for me especially, spiced beers like pumpkin beers with no pumpkin at all." Who do these beer appeal to? Are brewers and breweries...

I just packaged 2 lbs of homegrown chinook, a pound of homegrown nugget, and a half a pound of homegrown Columbus, with another pound or so of Columbus on the horizon. I'm looking for recipes that take advantage of my hops surplus. I am interested in finding a few Chinook dominant recipes that...

My dad brought some extra Centennial plants a couple of weeks ago from Traverse City that were tine and I put them in a new raised bed along my deck. After a few weeks they are really taking off and need some support. I have thought about this for some time, but never really made a decision as...

This is my first attempt at making a beer to mimic one of my favorite breads, deli rye with caraway seeds. I have formulated a recipe with Beersmith that focuses on rye flavors, toasty and bready flavors, and some spiciness from hops. Here is the recipe: Boil Size: 13.24 gal Post Boil...

The thread title pretty much says it all. I am looking for some good ale strains that can ferment at ambient 58-59 degrees. After feeling the effects of winter on my new house, I can see that the basement does not stay as warm as my previous residence. I just want to make sure that I choose a...

BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com Recipe: Odds & Suds Rye IIPA Brewer: Brian Asst Brewer: Style: Imperial IPA TYPE: All Grain Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Boil Size: 14.02 gal Post Boil Volume: 12.12 gal Batch Size (fermenter): 11.00 gal...

I moved into my new house near Ypsilanti, in SE Michigan, back in May and did not have enough time to put in a garden or start growing much of anything except some potted herbs and flowers. Now I plan on growing some hops here in the spring. I'll have a nice structure with posts about 18 ft...

I have second year hop crowns in the ground from Great Lakes hops, a number of varieties and based on the initial growth this year I expect a much larger harvest than the few ounces I got last fall from some of my plants. Last year I just dried my hops in open brown paper bags in the garage...

I have 8 oz. of Citra that I have decided to make an single hop beer with. I have brewed the same basic recipe a number of times, once as a single hop with Mt. Hood, which was very good. It is derived from the APA recipe in Brewing Classic Styles. I'm wondering what anyone thinks of the...

I have never made an IPA with a single hop before, and I really like Bell's Two Hearted and Founder's Centennial IPA. So I decided to use my pound of Centennial hops to make ten gallons of an all Centennial IPA. Here is my recipe, a modified recipe from the book Brewing Classic Styles...

So I want to make a cream ale for the first time since I just received a pound of Czech Saaz, can't really lager, and want to make something I haven't tried before. I only plan on giving my cream ale a touch more finishing hops than is traditional. Other than that it is straight up 20 IBU, 4...

I brewed a strong stout back in November that started out at 1.077 using a nice starter of 1272 American Ale II and at transfer to secondary after fermenting in the low 60s for three weeks was 1.021. I transferred to secondary on top 2 oz. medium toast oak cubes, soaking in one cup of bourbon...

Does anyone have any experience with fermenting a lager using a swamp cooler? My new basement here stays a a constant 57-58 degrees here in the winter. I was wondering if it is possible to do a lager with a swamp cooler? I have used a swamp cooler successfully to keep temps down for...