Recent content by BierGut

Watching Battlefield 1 gameplay and seen Drunkel Jon getting killed. Me: "Hey I know that guy from Homebrewtalk.com"

After kegging a saison that I'd brewed last year with a blend sacc and brett, I brewed another saison the very next day and racked right on top of the old yeast. I do this often with my ales to save money an they take off immediately. This one though shows no signs of active fermentation after 3...

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I grew 5 different varieties this past summer. All did very well and smelled green and resinous when they were young. When it came time to harvest however they all had an onion like smell. Afraid to use them and ruin a good beer, I vacuum packed them and threw them in the freezer. Talking with a...

What are some indicators that will let me know when it's time to harvest my hops? And when I do harvest, can I go straight from the vine into the kettle or is it better to dry them first?

Make sure to pitch enough yeast for that double IPA. I'd hate to see you have another sweet batch and get discouraged. When I first started I wished that I'd known how important temperature and pitching enough viable yeast were. You're also going to want a blow-off tube for that DIPA! :mug:

You should've hit it with some DME or corn sugar to boost the gravity. Wrap blankets around your MT next time to help insulate.

Is the beer carbonated? Looks flat in the pic

1.014 seems kind of high for a FG. What was your most recent gravity reading?

Nice breakdown. Part 1 inspired me to do this on a smaller scale with 3 one gallon fermenters and a 5 gallon "rainbow". Sampled a bit from each last week and they taste so good that I'm holding off on adding any fruit. Thanks for the inspiration and ideas!

Sweet dude! That's super cool getting to brew on their system and serving it to the public.

oh great thanks. I'll look for the diatomaceous stuff too because I noticed ants yesterday in one of the hop beds.

Definitely yellow aphids after looking them up. Has anyone ever sprayed their hops with the water/dish soap/cayenne solution to combat aphids?

Here's a pic of the tiny yellow bugs. What are some common pests and how do you deal with them?

I'll post a pick tomorrow when it's daylight. Didn't think to check the underside of the leaves because I'd seen them on top of the leaves. these guys were really small. Like grains of sand or even smaller. I was only able to see them because I noticed leaf damage and really looked close.