Search results

Last year I was fairly certain I had a downy mildew infection of my hop plants. This year I took some steps to prevent that, including fungicide. Everything seemed to be going well, until sidearms started to appear and the bines reached the top of the lines. The leaves started turning brown from...

I recently made a brown ale, but on brewing day when adjusting my water I was out of calcium chloride. I found some in liquid form in a cheese kit I had laying around. I used it, but not sure how much I added. Anyway, now there is a sour taste to the beer. I tried the calcium chloride, that's...

So I made a pinot noir and I tried to use gelatin to completely clear it. (First time trying it) I boiled water, let it cool some, then mixed in gelatin, waited 20 minutes and dumped it in. It cleared about halfway down and stuck. I figured I didn't use enough so I made some more, same...

I have been lurking at this sight for a looong time. I tried to do a Search to answer this question but Google is giving me trouble, so I will just ask. I am thinking of making a malty smoked beer, and I thought I would try doing a decoction mash on this beer. I was curious if anyone had ever...