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Found this critter inside one of my 5 yr old Saaz hop cones today. anyone know what he is?

So far this year I have had almost half of my bines chewed off as they have reached around 6 feet tall. Last year I had no such problems. I have attached a photo to see if anyone has any ideas what critter/bug is my problem.

After 5 1/2 yrs, 3 schools and untold $$$ one of my sons will be graduating from Indiana University this upcoming Dec. To celebrate the end of this adventure i am planning a Smoked Irish Red beer for the evenings festivities. Give me your opinions on this first draft I have thrown together...

Just finished my daily visit to the hop garden and discovered somebody is hungry. I found a 1/2 dozen cascade cones that look as if they have been gnawed on. Any ideas on who the uninvited dinner might be?

Having allot of fun watching my first year hop plants grow up. Spotted the first what i believe are called spurs today.:ban:

I have 4 first yr hop Plants growing like crazy and all seems good except for some of the leaves seem to be dryer and are developing brown spots on them. any ideas on what I am facing or am I worrying over nothing? No fertilizers have been used and only moderate watering due to regular rain so...

Just received my shipment today of all my ingredients for a AG Stout. For Yeast I order 2 dry packs of Nottingham. I always order a spare just in case. My question is the two packs both of the same Lot number have quite a different feel to them. Pack1 feels very solid and evacuated of all...

Just saw these on Northern brewer. http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/big-mouth-bubbler-6-5-gallon.html What does everyone think of the idea? Looks good to Me.

As my first non kit brew I am looking at a Partial Mash xmas ale that I would like to model after the Corsendonk Xmas ale ( a family favorite ). Searching the web i found one persons plan to brew a AG clone of this which I have converted to Partial Mash in BrewSmith. My equipment allows for a...