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I brewed an IPA that i wet hopped with 9.5 ounces of Cascade and 2.0 oz of Centennial. Steeped them for 30 minutes. Now i can't decide if i should dry hop at all. looking for suggestions?? Here is my recipe: 11 lb 2 row .5 lb Caramel 40L .25 oz Warrior First wort addition 1 oz Chinook @...

I am planning to do a Bourbon Barrel Robust Porter (Extract) in the next few weeks. I have never done a Porter much less a bourbon barrel one. On a recent trip to Kentucky I picked up a bag of bourbon barrel chunks (see attached pic) that I will soak in Maker's Mark to add to secondary. I...

Can some of you more experienced hops growers help identity what is going on with my first year cascade. I started seeing this problem about a week ago and sprayed down plants with insecticidal soap. Once 9 days ago and once yesterday. I don't see any critters on leaves. I have fertilized once...

just curious if anyone has tried RiteBrew.com's "B-Grade IPA" extract kit? The only part that looks intriguing is that is has a total of 10oz of hops. I guess because the hops are not as fresh as they should be. The price ($34.49) is not that great considering for a few more dollars I could...

I have a spare refrigerator in my garage that I use as my fermentation\bottle conditioning chamber. It is an over\under (fridge\freezer) model that has a STC-1000 temp controller on it. I only use the fridge part of the unit for my ferm chamber and don’t use the freezer part at all. I have been...

I hope this is the right forum to ask but how does one go about getting their foot in the door working in the brewing industry?? while I understand it wouldn't hurt to have many years of experience home-brewing (I don't yet; only been brewing since May). What kind of experience and education...

I bought 2 Northern Brewer extract kits this week and was thinking about using up some extra hops i have in the freezer to dry hop the kits. I have 1 oz of Cascade pellet hops i was going to use in the Shining Star Pale Ale kit. And 1 oz of Willamette that I was going to add to the dry hop...

I found a local CL ad for 6# of T90 hops. Seller states bought in 2010 from Hops Direct and they are still in original air tight bags that have been in deep freezer. How long can hops be in deep freeze and still be effective in a brew? Should I take a risk and buy the hops? i know this...