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Some swaps happen out side of normal trade threads, but the porch bombs are no less deserving of recognition. As I have a few big ones happening in the next few weeks, I thought I would offer up a thread to thank my trade partners, and also to offer a space for anyone else who wants to...

As the title says, I am looking for a regular trade partner for Bells and Jackie O's (wouldn't mind a Perennial or Prairie buddy come to think of it). I can provide Oregon beer. Would prefer to do frequent trades to hit non distro seasonal beers. Popular beers going out from me are Commons...

Merry Abyssmas friends! I have a buddy that needs some KBS stat, and 2014 Abyss released today. Not sure on the cost of KBS, but I am looking to ship out one bottle of 2014 for 17 dollars worth of KBS. Please let me know if you can help. This trade needs to be done by Monday or Tuesday of...

Have weekly access to de Garde, looking for any barrel aged, sours, or cool cellar appropriate beer that doesn't get distro to Portland. This week we got Hose, Nelson Hose, Temps & Poivre, and Herbes Houblon. Would also be interested in ultra fresh non-distro ipa, iipa, and iipa. If anyone is...

I was sure I had seen someone growing hops up lines to their rafters, but I am not finding it now that I need the link. I remember the system used eye bolts or pulleys, and the lines could be lowered. Two questions: Can anyone who has done this or seen it done comment on if it was a...

I am planning out or front yard hop field, and am curious if anyone in the Portland area has found a source for 20-24 foot wood posts. I am not sure that cyclone fence metal posts are going to be strong enough to extend that far out of the ground. Trying to get about 20 feet up after burying...

I have a contact from another site that wants to do some local to me (portland) trades and he lives in the Tampa area. I have almost no exposure to beers from that area, and was curious if anyone had any suggestions on what I might want to ask him to look out for to trade with me. I like very...

Just finished packing up some fresh (now dry) Cascades, I have WAAAAY more than I can use (108 ounces), and I am hoping another hops grower might have a different variety they want to trade. I was figuring on a straight trade using the flat rate shipping boxes, I can probably fit up to 10 oz...

So I took some photos of my procedure in putting up hops this week. I ended up doing a pretty good sized run, and at the end of the week realized just how little we actually pay for these. Now I realize that on farms most of the process is mechanized, but this was my adventure in finding the...

Hello! I am getting ready to start planning and getting together pieces for our e-herms brewing system now that we have bought a house and are settled in. I am more of a hands on learner, watching videos and reading threads helps a lot, but I am hoping to find someone local that I might meet...

My brother and I need to burn up about 10 lbs of hops in the next few months, and we are pretty heavy drinkers, so we are looking for suggestions on recipes for ales, pale ales, bitters, browns... anything that is fast to ferment and get into the kegs that will use up a lot of hops. We can...

I have a small blog that I started last year, that I am really trying to get going, but I really can't find the time to update it as often as I would like. I try to focus on regional beer/wine/hard liquor, and a few outstanding non local beverages. If you live in Oregon (Portland area would...

I am putting together my regulator manifold, and ran into the issue of all of my secondaries terminating in MFL fittings. Attempts to remove the fittings resulted in damaged brass, so I finally went with FFL to FFL swivel unions to conect the regs, and another FFL-FFL union, to MFL to FPT...

Working on my keezer collar tomorrow, and I am going to move my 20# co2 tank outside to make room for two more kegs. Has anyone got any sweet/interesting solutions to getting the tubing through the sides of the wood while maintaining either good insulation characteristics, or outstanding levels...

Are there any specific reasons that a 1/4" NPT spray gun regulator with adjustments from 1-160 psi in 1 lb. increments would not work as a secondary regulator for a kegging system? I want to try one that I found online that might work perfectly for my application, but I don't want to waste 30...

My wife and I are heading to do the Ale Trail this weekend. Usually I do a sampler and order an appetizer from each brewery we visit, but with 7 of them in one day, I may need to be a bit more specific. Does anyone have any advice on some "not to miss" beers from any of the breweries that...

Seemed like a good deal for anyone in the area, there has been a lot of talk in various forums looking for smaller barrels, if you can make big ones work this seems like a steal (no room in my condo for one or i would be in myself) http://portland.craigslist.org/yam/grd/2099030454.html

Just finished getting 5 gallons if freshly pressed cider into a fermenter with some campden tablets and some pectic enzyme. The acid is right on target at .70 but the gravity is a little lower than I had hoped at only 1.062 I know that the EdWort Apfelwein recipe uses dextrose, and a few...