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Thanks for reviving this! Last year I planted two plots of barley. One was about 400 square feet of 2 row and the other was a smaller plot of 6 row robust. Bought them from Sustainable Seed Company. I ended up not trying to preen around any of it but periodically tried to just pull weeds...

That's my kind of hoarding right there! Bourbon, beer, and banjos!

If you compost, dump the bad beer on top of the compost, not down the drain! It can still be useful.

They are all dried on the lowest setting in my food dehydrator then vacuum packed in food saver sleeves, weighed, labeled and frozen. I have not tried dry hopping I generally don't like messing around in my beer once it starts fermenting but perhaps I'll give it a try. So, question for the...

Thanks for the reply that is interesting. I grow Zeus, Magnum, Nugget, and Cascade. The Magnums are all used up I have a little bit of Nugget left but still lots of Zeus and Cascade. I've been using 2-3 oz for bittering (Zeus and Magnum) and another 2-3 oz for aroma (Nugget and Cascade). The...

I am thinking I have more hops in my freezer than I will be able to brew with before my next harvest. I guess I had a bumper first year crop! But I started reading some old posts where ppl have brewed with 12oz - 3lbs of hops per batch? Before I start giving hops away can anyone share how...

I don't see where you ever reported back how this batch turned out? I started growing my own hops and was realizing that I have more hops in my freezer than I can brew with before next year's harvest and was actually thinking of giving some to those less hops fortunate. That is until I read...

I have a couple Zeus Hop bines with a lot of hops. I'm a little confused about when this variety is ready to be picked. A lot of them feel papery on the outside with some browning, but when I squeeze them they still feel pretty meaty and "heavy". Ripe? My nugget, magnum, and cascades all...

Last January I brewed up a Dortmunder style lager and bottled about 60 12 oz bottles. It has been delicious and today I was loading the last 12 pack in the fridge when I pulled one of the bottles out and it was empty. Then I discovered the bottom had broken off at some point. Definitely not...

Thanks for sharing and grossing me out! LOL. Not sure about the northeast but we did NOT have a warm spring (and I wish we had!) in Ohio so I don't buy the climate change part but we did have lots of acorns.

I bet. Especially the thin part. My buddy Shawn can barely put his golf ball on a tee he shakes so bad.

This is quite impressive! I have a friend who drinks ten beers a day but it's Busch freaking Light!

to the OP: I jumped back into home brewing not to save money, but to ensure availability. With the pandemic and shutdowns I became deeply concerned I wouldn't have access to beer. Now I'm growing barley and hops to make sure I'll have ingredients. People think I'm crazy but that never...

Thanks that is good info!

Do you have guinea hens? I was doing research on them and it sounds like they are very noisy and my neighbors will not be happy with me having a flock of them. My barking dogs are bad enough! I do give them Simparica once a month and it does the job controlling ticks on them.

Well I'm not a big asparagus eater and the hair texture won't work for me personally. But to each their own....

Do you raise Guinea hens? Wondering how much work they are to raise. And how long they would last with coyotes around?

Thanks toadie. My whole garden is fenced in to keep the coons out of my sweet corn and also to keep the dogs out. I also grow onions which are also poisonous to dogs as well. I never heard of eating the shoots! Do you cook them or melt the butter?

Well with my big dogs around possums will likely look elsewhere for living quarters. And they are non-negotiable LOL But I am intrigued by your acorn remark. One of our northern red oaks dropped a ton last year. It's probably 100' or so from where the hops are growing though. What do acorns...

I've been on the same piece of property for 24 years. Three acres in the country and aside from the creek line I keep it all mowed. I've always had a garden but this year I expanded it and added a trellis for hops. I planted 8 hop plants and they are starting to take off. Now up until now...