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After my last post I am now positive I got scammed. In all my pots of “magnum” hop seeds I got some sort of mustard/weed(?). I still want to attempt to crossbreed for fun. I understand brewing viability is low to not worth the trouble but I think it could be a fun experiment for an unused part...

Bought hop seeds off ebay. They’re supposed to be magnum but I’ve only ever grown from rhizomes before. Do seedlings look bizarre for awhile or did I get scammed? (Ignore the dog fur in the pot. Trying to scare bunnies off)

I keg fermented at around 40 degrees F for 48 hours at 30psi and then conditioned for 3 days at 10psi and got all foam. I turned it down to 5psi for 24 hours and just poured another glass of all foam. I’m running a picnic tap straight from the keg which is 3 or 4 feet of tube. I know that’s not...

I’m looking for a quasi “house yeast.” I typically brew NEIPAs and don’t enjoy London fog/London III in other styles for some reason. I’d love feedback/thoughts on a few yeasts that could make a great NEIPA but could also branch out for other styles. Here are my options and some thoughts on...

I never had a chance to try wyeast1945 since it was discontinued before I started brewing. I know it’s closely related to 1318 but what exactly is it? Better yet is there a source available out there anywhere?

Just like the title says, I am interested in getting a hold of a male plant. It would be preferable to know what type of hop it is but since its male I know thats a bit tricky. I would also consider accepting pollen from a male if getting a rhizome is out of the picture

We have had a couple good frosts so far this season and I have two plants that were real late bloomers. No cones produced and only grew a few inches but only started growing during late summer. I assume they are still healthy and (hopefully) will come back next spring. Because they are so young...

I tried growing cascade last year from a cutting for it to dry up and die. I composted it and used it to fill a hole to find a hop crawling up my fence this past spring. Assuming it was my zombie cascade finally come to life I potted it in potting soil and it took off great all spring and...

So I have gone through some threads about brewing with oat milk and had a few questions. I plan on doing an oatmeal stout and using oats as much as I can. Flaked oats, malted oats, oat milk. I have been reading and quite frankly think it makes more sense to just make some oat milk at home...

I know you arent really supposed to prune first year hop plants. So my question is a bit different. Right now, my (I think) cascade plant is doing really well. Still potted in potting soil and compost grew about 8 to 10 feet and has since grown really long side shoots. This is my first year ever...

I want to brew a NEIPA this weekend but have been struggling with limiting oxygen while still dry hopping in buckets. I know the setup is not ideal and I know gas and kegs are the way to go so what I am looking for here is best practices. I have always done 1 week in primary bucket or carboy and...

I do not consider myself a good hazy ipa brewer. I have made good ones but never have the same feel as some of the big hazy producers out there and it typically breaks down to the fact that my hop aroma is never as aggressive or punchy right when you pour a glass. My hop schedules typically...

In the past, whenever I have blended yeasts it was simply done by pitching to pouches or tubes at once. I typically brew smaller batches so I am not concerned with under-pitching. That being said, I would like to step up my yeast management and start making blends that are more complicated than...

I know some breweries use yeast we can get our hands on (wyeast, whitelabs, etc.) but there are definitely some who have obtained something different, or created their own. I know the Treehouse yeast is much sought after with plenty of people on this forum doing lab analysis on it trying to...

So I know certain yeasts are better at biotransformation than others (London III, London Fog, etc.) But what about hops? Has anyone had any particular luck with certain varieties over others? It is tough to get any information on since most styles that are using biotransformation typically have...

So I have been thinking about this a lot lately and really just want to see how other people think/approach it. When I design recipes for beers, I typically pick certain flavors I want to hit and then match it to a style I think would work. Once and awhile I will flip this if I am really in a...

I have tried to no avail in the past of posting questions on here and getting answers. Nobodies fault here, just I think I am going about this wrong. Though I can get rhizomes, it is actually easier for me to simply get cuttings but information online about propagating cuttings has yet to yield...

I needed to rig a blowoff tube together for a beer that had some sour dregs pitched into it. The tubing itself was the same tubing I use for transferring/bottle filling and it had gotten some of the krausen/yeast/floating junk into it while gas was trying to get out. My question is should this...

So I recently tried and failed to grow some cuttings with really no idea what happened to them (around 10 cuttings). I was at the LHBS and took off a piece of a two year old healthy cascade plant. I pulled the lower leaves off, put the lowest nodes into well watered but drained compost/manure...

So this may be a bit early to panic but being a first time hop grower I am anxious. I received some hop cuttings in the mail the other day and planted them in some old raised beds that I cleaned out a bit and added some new soil, compost, fertilizer, and blood meal. The soil seems to have decent...