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Can any hop experts assist with explaining the browning as seen in the photo? These are second year Centinial located in highlands region of NJ. I didn't think they are ready to harvest as they don't have that papery crunch and they cones do not seem to be opening as I remember from last year...

Just curious how much longer into summer should I expect the main bine of my Centennials to keep growing? Mine are second year and located in NJ. Currently the vigorous bines are lengthening several inches a day. Thanks!

My keezer is located in sunroom/porch where the taps often condensate due to humid conditions. The condensation has spread to my unfinished wooden collar causing the collar to mold. If I were to rebuild collar with a varnished board (polyurethane) should I be able to keep it mold free? Thanks

I have 1st year hops. I had a small harvest from my centennial and no cones on my nuggets. What should I be doing now to prepare hops for winter and beyond?

My keazer is in a sunroom without AC and I noticed that on warm days there had been up to a 12 degree differential in temperature from the top to bottom of my keazer. Here is a very easy DIY that has cut the temperature differential by more than half. Rather than the entire top layer being...

We have this WineExpert kit, as typical the directions seem a bit generic. I am wondering what your thoughts are regarding the ideal fermentation temperature. In case it makes any difference, our plans are to start it this week, bulk age in secondary for several months, bottle in the fall, and...

Got the cooling kegarator part of this DIY functionality complete. Thought I would share a couple photos. Controlled with a pair of $19 STC-1000's. The left side and shelf are a kegarator / cooler for beer malts and such. That's functional today and cooled with a window AC. It works great and...

When it is not very dirty, I am wondering if it's feasible to save a PBW mixed solution for future cleaning. I have been figuring that when it bubbles, that is the "cleaning power" bubbling away, And it couldn't be reused in the future?

We are infested with deer in this area and they destroy any plants which interest them. I am planning a hop garden and was wondering how well I need to protect it from deer?

So my freezer which I hope to convert into a keezer is only 16-inches wide. It would be nice to be able to serve commercial beer but I don't think most 1/2 barrel kegs are going to fit. I am wondering if there would be any major issues with just hooking the commercial keg to my cornies and and...

I normally notice a significant amount of cold break in my carboy as it is filling, but when I rack the finished beer and collect the yeast the break seems to have disappeared. Is it there mixed in the yeast pile or do the yeast consume the break?

Halfway through our 2nd gallon of sweet bubbly cider and it couldn't have been easier! Added Pacman yeast to refrigerated cider from local orchard. Kept in original milk jug style bottle and in fridge not really expecting anything, but about a week later noticed it had fermented. Went from...

I got an unexpectedly low reading on my refractometer that I would like to reconcile. This was my first attempt at a partial boil. I started with approx 11.5 lbs LME in an 8 gallon kettle. About 5 or 6 gallons of wort into the fermenter. Refractometer read 1.086 which seemed about right...

I have been planning a 1.035 session 20 IBU beer, I want to first drink through several months of inventory. My extract is already about 3-months old and I will be storing it in a cool basement. Concerned about freshness would it be better to store my extract about 6-months then brew or brew...

I started this 6 days ago from a 22oz bomber of Rogue Mom Hefeweizen. I left the dregs of the Hefeweizen in the bottle and added about 12oz of 1.020 wort shot O2 down the bottle neck then shook. An hour or so later added more O2. A few hours later it started fissing and showing signs of life...

When storing my equipment do I need to rinse off Starsan to avoid corrosive damage?