Recent content by GrootGruit

So in the next few days I would like to brew my first gruit ale. However I'm still uncertain on herb proportions, and my availability was limited, so this is the recipe I have so far, with no proportions for the various "gruits" Gruit Ale (4.25 gallon batch, extract with specialty grains)...

Will hops send out lateral shoots? Or are these the start of cone production? I ask because its still early in the season so kinda seems unlikely to be cones, also its a first year Columbus plant and is only about 4 feet long. Any wisdom from seasoned growers is appreciated

I've got a centennial rhizome in the ground, its been growing about two weeks now and has sent up 5 sprouts, one I cut, one was crushed by a toad and never recovered, the other three include the first sprout which is noticeably shorter then the 4" the others are. Should I trim it and focus on...

If you trim them I think it will impact your yield negatively since the top of the plant produces the most. Maybe next year consider like a criss cross trellis, cause u may have no choice but to trim dependant on your space

So I found this recently and placed an order and thought I would share in the good news. I find shipping cost are the most expensive thing involved in my brewing since I don't live near any supply shops. Beergrains.com is doing $10 flat rate for shipping within Canada on orders under 25lbs. I've...

ITC-310T it is, go April blizzards!

So I found this recipe (possible on this site I forget) but I don't have the malts available at the shop I'm going to. I want something awesome I can age a few months, a summer pleaser. Here it is as the recipe, here is my modifications due to availabilty and wieght, ie recipe is US and shop is...

So for our birthday my twin brother and I went to Pub Italia in Ottawa and his girlfriend got us a bottle of wersterlaven 12 at like 30 a 355ml or something. Anyways i 'm fairly new to brewing and even newer to designing a recipe. I'm looking for something similarish to have this august for a...

This is a recipe from an 1861 book from Toronto : Superior Ginger Beer Take of sugar 10 lbs., lemon juice 9 oz., honey 1/2 lb., bruised ginger root 11 oz., water 9 galls., yeast 3 pints, boil the ginger in the water until the strength is all extracted, which you may tell be tasting the root...

Yeah...definitely gonna post my recipe before making it next time. Props to chickypad for the advice. I'm not too worried about styles since I'm still new and experimenting, as for efficiency I have no idea. That was my og reading so from what you say I assume its not great. Any advice to...

I designed my own IPA following a hop bill I found online, but looking at my ingredients I realized if I buy some sugar, maybe a little dme, I could probably get two brews. So I did. I came up with two recipes, ones a lighter IPA then I was thinking, the other a cream ale. Now I'm fairly new to...