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Hey There folks. Well a couple weeks ago I notice my beautiful lush green hops with lots of cones started to look not so good. Browning leaves and rusty looks. I was busy and just thought the plant was putting all its energy into the cones and leaves were just going to be fine. Well, now I think...

Hello HBT. I have an idea for making an insulated stainless mash tun (single infusion/batch sparge) and would like to see if anyone has done similar? My goal is to have a simple 3 tier "let gravity do the work" system, no pumps, expensive jazz, RIMS or HERMS. I am going to purchase a 10 gallon...

Hey Folks, this will be my third all-grain brew and still learning recipe building. Just wanted to generate some ideas for a recipe using RYE! I like the spicy note rye gives and I happen to have some ingredients lying around I need to use up. Oh, and I also have my own home grown hops to use...

Hello HBT! Need some help please! I am a new hop grower and have a few questions: I have browning leaves and also wonder about estimated water consumption and general fertilizing needs. I am in Wisconsin and my hops were started 1 year plants from Great Lakes Hops (Michigan) so I do believe my...

Hello. A new brewer here with a question on something new I am seeing during end of secondary fermentation and on bottling day. On batch #9, with good success so far in both extract and all grain. Summary: Muntons extract kit (pilsner). 1.045 OG and 1.011 FG. Muntons yeast. Went 21 days in...

Hello everyone I have a question about my first all grain brew and my mash temperature landing at 137 degrees (below target). I'm brewing Oat Brown Ale with about 11 pounds of grain recipe mix in a 10 gallon Rubbermaid cooler with copper manifold. since I landed below target I decided to heat up...

Hello everyone I have a question about my first all grain brew and my mash temperature landing at 137 degrees (below target). I'm brewing Oat Brown Ale with about 11 pounds of grain recipe mix in a 10 gallon Rubbermaid cooler with copper manifold. since I landed below target I decided to heat up...

I have a white film that appeared about a week ago. I am brewing an oatmeal stout partial mash kit from Northernbrewer. I cleaned my carboys with PB cleaner and brush, rinsed well and sanitized with starsan, no rinse. Sanitized each item that contacted beer. I (think) I was sanitary, but I am...

I have a few questions regarding use of honey and also the strong alcohol smell/taste + very dry tasting. I got this strong alcohol smell/taste while sipping a sample from a gravity check when thinking its time to bottle. I only assume its the honey that ruined the batch? This was my first...