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I moved all my hops this spring and set them up on a new trellis system. The pair of top wires are about 17ft off the ground and all the hops are now in tubs to prevent spread. This is my dwarf variety. :drunk:

THIS is supposed to be the dwarf variety. It's outpaced the others by at least 5 ft.

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I brewed a single 10g batch of base beer, then split it in half after primary fermentation. 5g was racked onto previously-frozen Maine blueberries. The other half was racked onto a strawberry/rhubarb/brown sugar mix. It was 2:1 previously-frozen whole strawberries to fresh rhubarb, and the...

That's kinda funny. Maybe Cthulhu doesn't want you to make a mead in his honor and is messing with your head.

I spoke with the organizer briefly this morning. She confirmed that the content of the session will have useful information for both homebrewers and small commercial hop growers. They've offered this field day in the past and a large percentage of the participants were homebrewers. Sounds like...

I would love to attend this, but having it on a weekday certainly makes things more complicated. I'll have to see what I can finagle...

You're forgetting about electric water heater, pump (if on well water) and whatnot. I also disagree about phantom power being trivial. Even with everything off, my entertainment center (plasma tv, cable box, AV receiver, BluRay, sub) draws about half an amp. If the OP wouldn't be satisfied with...

Interesting. I thought there was a pin that pushed down on the poppet (and didn't even bother to look). Anyway, it worked out great! We went through about 4 gal of carbonated beer and only needed one cartridge. I now have a great set-up for portable keg dispensing.

I just got one of these so I can bring some kegged beer to a tailgate. The instructions very clearly warn to attach the pin/ball lock to the keg FIRST, then screw on this gizmo or Bad Things will happen. If I did that, wouldn't I vent out all the CO2 currently in the keg's head space? can I...

The price on landscape timbers has finally dropped, so I'm getting ready to build my new raised hop beds. I'll prep everything this summer, and transplant late winter before they come out of dormancy. How deep will rhizomes go before tunneling under an obstacle and popping up on the other...

This works, I've done it. It doesn't even have to be good beer. Just make sure the container is flat enough that they can crawl over the lip.