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And I've been using it like this for years. The plumbers tape helped without the washer. At least I now know where the SLOW leak was coming from LOL

I dont see one on the tank

Hello! Do I need a washer on this thing? I just noticed that it didn't have one. I've also been using plumbers tape on the threads which is a no no.

First of all I'd like to thank everyone who contributed to this post. I can't wait to try this clone on my electric brewery setup. Second, I'd like to give a couple of suggestions if I may. Has anyone thought of making a tea out of the spices and adding at keg/bottle time instead of adding to...

Maybe there are some Florida variety of hops, but the ones I used above have all died post 2nd year. They never came back for the third growth year. 2nd year growth started in January and I had full cones (minus lupulin-the most important part!!!) by May. These particular hops don't do so...

I know this is an old thread but what the heck. The reason I had an 8.5% abv was that I forgot to dilute the wort before pitching the yeast. In other words, I forgot to take a specific gravity reading post-boil and pre-fermentation. Whoops! Hopefully that can help out someone else. :rockin:

Ahh. So I guess I need to be looking for 'high flow' barbed female quick disconnects.

Does anyone know of a source that has stainless steel 1/2" ID (not OD) female quick disconnects on the barb side? It seems that every single source I have found only has 1/2" OD on the barb side.

Contacted wicked weed. Here is what one of the brewers said: WICKED WEED PORCH CRAWLER 85% 2 row pale malt 4% Carapils 2% honey malt 9% Dextrose Corn sugar we used 4 gallons of light molasses in 500gallons of wort end of boil Mash at 150 degrees Hops - Warrior - boiled 90 min...

I've been using miracle grow once per week (one big scoop in 2 gallons of water applied to each 30 gallon hop container) then switching to biobloom once I see Spurs (20 ml in 2 gallons of water added to each plant). Here are my second year plants. Just harvested from one last night:

I want to thank Paulasaurus et al for posting all of their hop growing info. It has been a wealth of information. Here are my second year hops growing in central Florida. Just harvested from one of the plants last night.....yes last night 6/7/2015 (please ignore the grass):

Just harvested from one of the three plants last night:

The positive side of early hop flowering/cone development=happy wife on Mother's Day

Here is what the wife woke up to this am....happy Mother's Day

I would love to put them in the ground but my soil is extremely sandy. Not sure how they will do. As for the aphids, I've been lucky. Every time I see aphids I also see lady bugs. I too had a centennial that appeared to **** the bed but has recently taken off. And yes....good luck to all...