Is that a hydrometer in your pocket or are you just happy to see me

I would think with homebrew part of the fun would be sharing….

One year I was visiting my sister in TX and for thanksgiving we went to a friend of hers place and her friend was a big home brewer and the stuff was fantastic

He seemed to really enjoy sharing his beer… 

Hutch, you are true.  I love sharing my homebrew.
But since I've changed my style of brewing, I think I've seen you at maybe one party where that would have worked.
I"ve shared a few in the past, but usually, just a bomber that I split in a few glasses.

But as I said, I'll be more likely to bring beer because of the volume and ease now…
We just need to get back to having parties and I'll put a keg of whatever you like, on ice and tap it on your back porch.

sweetcell wrote:a talk

is there video evidence?

sweetcell wrote:
- hops need full sun and southern exposure.  they can't get too much direct sun, and they love the hot noon sun.

Check

- hops don't really start producing until their 3rd year. 

So my plan is to grow them in 2-gallon containers and there is a place where my airstream is that has tons of sun and land to grow on that I will take them to next season

- what will your bines be growing up? 

Going up to a solid wood kids play structure that is about 12 feet high

what varieties did you get?

Chinook (used in Stout, Porter and IPAs) and Willamette (Pale Ales, Amber Ales. Porters, Irish Red Ale.)
Didn't really have too many options, plus it's more for the aroma and not the bittering

there is a part of me that is just fine growing them for fun
Didn't realize it would be three seasons until I can use them :(

I just got into fig cuttings too and will be 2024 before I can eat the things

That’s true..can’t drink homebrew at shows I guess

toasty wrote:

sweetcell wrote:a talk

is there video evidence?

yes, there is.  if you're a member of the AHA, all talks from past HomeBrewCons (formerly national homebrewers conference, NHC) are available on the AHA website.  my talk was in philly in 2013.

toasty wrote:

sweetcell wrote:
what varieties did you get?

Chinook (used in Stout, Porter and IPAs) and Willamette (Pale Ales, Amber Ales. Porters, Irish Red Ale.)
Didn't really have too many options, plus it's more for the aroma and not the bittering

chinook is a great choice - good solid grower, nice hop for APA/IPA.  willamette i'm personally less excited by, it's more on the noble hop/british hop end of things.  for a while Budweiser was using it in their beers (not that they use very much…).  if ever you're looking for plant #3, consider cascade.  another strong grower that is great in APA/IPA.

you should only plan on using homegrown hops of flavor/aroma.  there is no way of knowing what the AA% of your homegrown hops will be, thus impossible to estimate how much bittering you'll get out of them.  homegrown always have lower AA% than commercial, but how much less is anyone's guess… 20% less?  half as much?  more?

the best use of homegrown hops, IMO, is a fresh-hopped/wet-hopped beer.  make a standard APA or IPA wort, bitter using a commercial hop with known AA%, then at flame-out dunk a mesh bag (like a BIAB bag if you have one) with 3 to 5 pounds of fresh hops that you picked that same day.  let them steep for a while, pull 'em out and let them drain into the kettle, then cool as normal.  dry-hop with more fresh hops if they are still available.

toasty wrote:
there is a part of me that is just fine growing them for fun
Didn't realize it would be three seasons until I can use them :(

no no - you'll be able to use them this year, it's just that the yield will be low.  by your third harvest, the plants should be at full strength and producing their full output.

hmmm, sounds intriguing!
https://www.brewerspublications.com/products/brewing-with-cannabis?

Side-panda wrote:
hmmm, sounds intriguing!
https://www.brewerspublications.com/products/brewing-with-cannabis?

personally, it's not that intriguing.  unless you're sitting on a lot of weed, or are ok with making a single gallon of the stuff, making pot beer isn't practical.  also, i like to control my dosage separately - mixing the two means you're locked in to a fixed ratio of THC:alcohol.  finally, alcohol kicks in a lot fast than mary jane when ingested through the stomach, so unless you put a crap ton of bud in the beer you'll be really buzzed on alcohol before the THC kicks in. 

the one thing that is appealing is the aroma impacts of marijuana on beer.  last year i tasted a beer spike with marijuana terpenes - so no buzz but all the aroma - and it smelled heavenly.

43 years ago today, President Carter legalized homebrewing in all 50 states!

true, but states then had to pass regulations legalizing it, so it took a while before folks could legally make bad beer at home.  the last two states, Mississippi and Alabama, didn't pass legalization laws until 2013… way to be slow, Deep South.

prior to Carter's legalization, the number of breweries in the US has been steadily declining.  in [font=Verdana]1978, [/font]the year that Carter allowed homebrewing, there were only 89 breweries in the entire country - the lowest number since the first settlers arrived on american shores.  as we all (should) know, the vast, vast majority of craft brewers started off in their garages - so ol' jimmy is, in a way, the godfather of the craft beer industry.

house with a brewery set up for sale in bosie
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3880-N-Payson-Ave-Boise-ID-83704/79694618_zpid/

Sidehatch wrote:
house with a brewery set up for sale in bosie
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3880-N-Payson-Ave-Boise-ID-83704/79694618_zpid/

wow, this has been on offer for a while now.  obviously price is way too high.  also, there is something amiss with their statement "The home also has a full Commercial Grade and licensed Brewery set up built into the garage."  licensed means a commercial license, and those cannot be given to a residentially zones building.  so unless this house is in an industrial park or some such, the next owner will not be able to brew beer at home and then sell it.

sweetcell wrote:
wow, this has been on offer for a while now.  obviously price is way too high.

It's also in fucking Boise.

vansmack wrote:

sweetcell wrote:
wow, this has been on offer for a while now.  obviously price is way too high.

It's also in fucking Boise.

I have a cousin who moved to Boise and while I wouldn’t want to live there, Boise is kind of great. Sweetcell would love living in Boise.

vansmack wrote:

sweetcell wrote:
wow, this has been on offer for a while now.  obviously price is way too high.

It's also in fucking Boise.

yeah….that was the deal breaker for me
If you are going to move to Idaho…why on earth would you live in a city

of course sweets will be the only one who understands more than 30% of this

So took my brewing up a notch this weekend 
Brewed an ESB using a BIAB method, but this time used a Sous Vide that I dropped in a hop spider to keep my mash at a consistent 154 temp.  So far I'm loving it.  I've read, getting a recirculating pump is the way to go to improve my efficiency . But I'm happy as a clam to keep it at a consistent temp. Was 40 degrees out and no thermal wrap/sleeping bag could keep that temp

Side-H@tch wrote:
of course sweets will be the only one who understands more than 30% of this

So took my brewing up a notch this weekend 
Brewed an ESB using a BIAB method, but this time used a Sous Vide that I dropped in a hop spider to keep my mash at a consistent 154 temp.  So far I'm loving it.  I've read, getting a recirculating pump is the way to go to improve my efficiency . But I'm happy as a clam to keep it at a consistent temp. Was 40 degrees out and no thermal wrap/sleeping bag could keep that temp

Side-H@tch wrote:
of course sweets will be the only one who understands more than 30% of this

So took my brewing up a notch this weekend 
Brewed an ESB using a BIAB method, but this time used a Sous Vide that I dropped in a hop spider to keep my mash at a consistent 154 temp.  So far I'm loving it.  I've read, getting a recirculating pump is the way to go to improve my efficiency . But I'm happy as a clam to keep it at a consistent temp. Was 40 degrees out and no thermal wrap/sleeping bag could keep that temp

eff eff eff eff eff.  i typed out a long response last night, but the fact that it isn't here means i screwed up and closed the tab/moved to another page before hitting "post".  ugh.  i'll try to get the energy to re-do.  frustrated with myself.

Ctrl-Shift-T is your friend, my man.

Off-season wrote:
Ctrl-Shift-T is your friend, my man.

It's rare when I write something long here, but when i do, I always try to remember to type it on Notepad first, then copy and paste.

Off-season wrote:
Ctrl-Shift-T is your friend, my man.

tried that.  only works if you've recently closed the tab.  i tried almost 24 hours later… and many, many tabs later.  t'was gone.

Space wrote:

Off-season wrote:
Ctrl-Shift-T is your friend, my man.

It's rare when I write something long here, but when i do, I always try to remember to type it on Notepad first, then copy and paste.

yeah, i do that if i'm going to come back to a reply.  after some amount of time, a token expires and the bboard won't let you post your reply.  i've lost them that way too.


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