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So I just picked and dried my hops and after looking at my bags I see they are crawling with aphids. I am planning on drying then more in a food dehydrator hoping the heat kills them but does any one have any advice for this issue?

Hey guys! I work at a brewery up here in NH and one of our 4 flagship beers is a bacon stout. We use a heavy dose of smoked malt but we also make our own bacon extract with cooked bacon and vodka. Pack some jars with drained cooked bacon and add vodka. After a few days strain the liquid of...

So the good news is the Sevin I bought was already diluted it was in a red spray bottle so i sprayed the leaves down and havent seen a trace of them since. I also had a good storm roll through the same night I sprayed them. I am hoping I dont have to spray them again as I dont want to use the...

If I run into those would sevin still be the preferred treatment

You guys are awesome, sure as anything there they were living under the leaves. I sprayed with Sevin since that's all I could find, any other recommendations for removal and keeping them away?

So my chinook has always been in rough shape but I have never seen this before. The leaves are still green and look fine aside from the curling and stiffness. It's happening near the top and I am noticing 1-2 leave at the top of my cascade that look the same. Chinook is 3rd year and cascade is...

Ok so this is all very helpful and as always this forum never disappoints! I am going to let these guys just do their thing and see how it goes but I am feeling like it wont be a problem. Thanks again!

I am growing in Maine and I do cut everything back each year before training 4 per plant. I am wondering about trimming the roots of rhyzomes though is this something I HAVE to do?

I have used that before I guess mby just shoot for something not super carbed like a stout or something?

I know the drops are out there but i never use them, you think an oz per gal is too much? I usually ad about an oz and a half to carb up most of my beers (2.5 gals)

Hi guys! So I am brand new to this forum as I am currently working on my first mead. Its a session mead coming in around 6.5-7% abv, I have a 2.5 gal batch that was 4lbs of honey and sg was 1.054. Its been about 3 weeks now and I moved into secondary to clear about 10 days ago. Things...

Hey guys its been a while since I have been on the forum and I know if anyone can help me you guys can. So here's what I am dealing with. I have 3 plants, one cascade, one sorachi, one chinook. Cascade is in its 4th season and the other two are in their 3rd and so after doing some research...

It was about a 10-12 days after fermentation started and to be honest it was about 3 years ago so I dont remember but id say about 1-2 oz for a 5 gal batch

Green tea is a very subtle flavor and one that can be easily over powered by things esp assertive things like hops and mangos. I have done a green tea honey IPA and it took some work to get a noticeable tea flavor. First I added a green tea concentrate ( 24+ green tea bags steeped in about a...

I have a saison I did with lemon peel and lavender ready right now and it is great! I put .2 oz in at flame out with .25 oz of lemon peel. Given this was a 2 gallon batch the lemon is much more pronounced than the lavender. I took the remaining .8 oz of lavender and put it in vodka to make a...