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I know it's probably too late to start hops this year, but I moved into a new place and I think I might have a place to grow hops next year. There is a chain-link fence about 5.5 feet tall. Will that be enough to grow hops? Or do they need to be able to grow higher than that? Also, in...

A few months ago I brewed up an extract English Pale Ale. Basic recipe was 5.5lb dry malt extract and 6oz of British Crystal 50-60L and 6oz of British Crystal 70-80L both of which were steeped in my water while heating slowly until 170C. I normally do all grain but I was short on time so I went...

I found an old Kenmore chest freezer on the side of the road today. Seeing as how some of my neighbors are fairly affluent I gambled that someone may have been getting rid of a working freezer... turns out it didn't work when I plugged it in. However, I noticed that when I plugged it in a signal...

I recently made an oatmeal stout and wanted to add a lot of chocolate and coffee flavors. To do this I added 8 oz baker's chocolate 5 minutes before flameout to melt the chocolate. We steeped 6 oz coffee a couple minutes after flameout. I sampled the beer when I transferred to the secondary...