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3 years ago i moved to Germany. I had sold all my equipment cause i thought i could buy or make it all as cheap as i had in the States, big mistake. so now i am starting from scratch. Through my new job i found i have acess to alot of metal, and means to bend and shape it all. Now the actual...

Well after 3 years of trying to get it done. we moved to germany the end of Sept. Lol so I wanted to introduce my self again from my new location.

Well I did not see this thread yet, so i thought I'd start one. Its that time of year again(and this years weather threw everything way off), so lets get some harvest numbers rolling. I gave everything from my 40 centennial plants to another hbt member, he took bines and all last I heard...

Well it is getting near harvest, I have no intention of harvesting since I will be moving sept 1st and cant take with me(well more wont) and have no time to dry and make a beer b4 that time. Any one near me that wants to come harvest em u can have em(ill help lol won throw u to the wolves).

These babies really are tough. Spring came early and they took off, got frosted on and snowed on and kept on rolling. Mid may they got a major spankin and cut back to the ground. They smiled ans said more please. and then to quote b-hoppy it has been 1000f here lately. It is so hot i dont...

Looking like my hops have an iron deficiency(and perhaps other nutrient problems). Problem is I am w/o a vehicle for the next 2wks at least, all the stores within walking distance are crap, and have no card to purchace anything online. sooooooo any homeade quick remedies out there?

Normally I dont trim any of my bines, however in seasons past I have been able to get to them and train before I had a mess. This year has sucked. When we had the spell of nice weather none were ready to train. 3-4 weeks of crap weather and more important projects(getting house ready to...

I have read b-hoppy use a term like this several times in the past. I finally get what he ment. Colder reainy weather for the last few weeks, followed by 6 gorgeous days. Had projects to do hops were not on the list. went to do some training 2day and I was like wtf. Spent 2 hours...

Well as it sits we have a buyer for my house, and in july I will be moving to Germany. That being said I have enough pils malt for 2 beers. Not sure about the second beer yet, but the 1st is set to brew this sat. 11lb pils malt 1 lb 60l crystal .5 lb wet homegrown...

I have only made 1 other IPA and had used my lager yeast for it(dont remember which one right now that computer with promash crashed). I am going to make an all homegrown hops centennial IPA soon, and was wondering what everyone else uses/prefers for IPA yeast.

Well here in the armpit of wny we have had a fairley heavy frost every night for the last week. So far my hops show no signs of damage (knock on wood). They are laughing in the face of the frost.:rockin: How have all the other frosted hops done? Hopefully no losses yet.

It always gets asked(and alot) what should I use to have my hops climb. Thought I'd post a pic of what I have been using for 4 years. I have had only 1 break and that was due to my stupidity(never string new twine from top of 12' trellis then up into branches of a small walnut tree...

Just wanted to throw out some pices from my build to show some different ideas. these are all from last year, when they get going good ill show the difference 1 year makes 40 plants total all but 11...

Hey the season is upon us again, so i thought I would make this thread with a link to a great source of info. http://ipm.wsu.edu/field/pdf/HopHandbook2010.pdf tons of pics and info. Also, The Hombrewers Garden is a great book for hops growers, lots of info for the beginer. Any...

First id like to say thankyou to everyones kind words a few weeks ago when i posted about my losses. Sorry in advance if this is long. Going off what everyone said(on this forum and my friends local), I went to my lhbs on fri and got a brewers best Kolsch kit just to "get my feet wet...

Well spring is right around the corner, and the lil darlings are gonna come up soon. While i cant w8 to see how they do this year, im a lil saddend by the prospect. I get to get em trained and see em start to bud, but will not get a harvest this year. Good news bad news. I will be...

Not sure how many people have used these lil buggers in a wine. I you have ever had thoughts of it i highly recommend it. I blew through 40lbs of red currants this summer on wines of all kinds. Red currant, red currant/blueberry, red currant/rhubarb, red currant/belgian dubbel(ok not...

Man what a slump. near the end of last summer i was on a brewing high. went ag tryed all kinds of new styles. All my efforts were golden. Even got praise and approval from my mother( a very devout christian woman who normally frowned any time i mentioned drinking). Then Nov 14th the...

had 2 batches of beer that ended up with a horrible nasty flavor that even months of aging could not get rid of. Only thing in common was the fermenter used. However I have made 3 batches of wine in the same fermenter that have all come out fine, in between the bad beers. Is it possible to...

I have an extremely sentimental batch getting ready to bottle soon, and thought id like to wax dip the bottle necks as opposed to using shrink tubes. Does any one have experience using wax that could share the technique with me? Whats the best way to melt the wax? Will i need any special...