Drew and I will be there. This, alone, piques my interest. :) I'm interested in seeing the daily schedule of events, once that's released. I'm thinking about doing one day/evening (perhaps club night, whichever night that would be), then crashing in a nearby fleabag motel and driving home the follo...

Anyone planning to attend Homebrewcon (a.k.a., NHC) in 2019? https://www.homebrewcon.org/ Taking place in Providence, RI this year. (1 hour from Treehouse, 1 hour from downtown Boston) I have never given any thought to attending past iterations, but this one is only 90 minutes from home, so I'm thin...

Jan 2 - Helles Bock (all-grain) - 2.5 gallons Feb 10 - Jalapeno Stout (extract) - 1 gallon Mar 3 - IPL (extract) - 4 gallons Apr 25 - NEIPA (all-grain) - 4 gallons May 27 - Hard Lemonade (extract) - 1 gallon July 21 - Double IPA (extract) - 4 gallons (lifetime batch #100!) Sep 6 - Cal Common (all-gr...

teutonic terror wrote:Made me curious, so I checked our local brewery's page and sho nuff...
the next three weekends scheduled entertainment and not a word about what's on tap!!

Exactly!! WTH...

I feel your pain, but I'm not on facebook. I look for a website, though sometimes find that fb is their only online presence. I don't do Facebook either -- you don't need an account to see most business' pages. And yes, a lot of breweries only have a FB presence. Or if they have a website, it's nev...

Sounds like you've got a good handle on next steps, and have already done a lot to shore up the measurements. I'm confident you'll be notably closer the next time you brew!

Is it just me, or..... It seems like every brewery in my area that has a tasting room, usually offering food (in-house or trucks) and entertainment, falls into the same routine with their Facebook pages. 10% of their posts are about the food. 90% of their posts are about the entertainment. ZERO% of ...

Since you were only off by 4 points after the mash, and much more after the boil (17 points), I would suspect one of two things as the primary culprit: 1) Boil-off rate. How was your volume into the fermenter? Did you get the amount of wort that you expected? I sometimes have issues hitting my targe...

Use 'em quick! They'll start to dry out after a day or two and at that point you might as well dry 'em completely and freeze 'em.
Wet hops rule of thumb is to use about 4-6X as much as you would for dried whole leaf hops, because a lot of the weight when they're fresh is water.

No, I've never fertilized my hops. Frankly, they've done so well over the years that I've not felt the need to do anything but train them where to grow. Particularly the Sterling, which has gotten stronger each year, to the point that they've out-yielded the Chinook even though the Chinook had a one...

I had an odd situation this year with my crop. I have grown Chinook and Sterling for the past few years. Chinook plants in their fifth year this year, Sterling in their fourth. My yields: 2014: Chinook - about an ounce 2015: Chinook - 8.5 oz Sterling - 3.5 oz 2016: Chinook - 4.5 oz Sterling - 7.0 oz...

My closest LHBS has gradually branched out - first, adding a kitchen and about six taps. Now, they are looking to move to a larger location and actually become a full-fledged brewery. So basically, the supply shop part of the business has gone from being its primary purpose to being an "oh yeah...

Some of the claimed contributing factors to the hazy/juicy New England IPA style include: * High chloride levels in the water * Significant flaked grain component to the grist * Yeast selection (London Ale, Conan, etc.) * Dry-hopping at peak of fermentation activity Have I missed any? Now...from tho...

In Indy, there is the major shop, Great Fermentations (who I recommend for online shopping too) , and the smaller Final Gravity, who also does a great job and is much more personal. They all seem to be doing fine. I placed an online order with Great Fermentations two weeks ago. :) I've been to both...

Similar to mashani's story, the two LHBS's closest to me are actually other businesses that provide homebrew supplies as a side-business. The most-local LHBS has morphed into a bar/restaurant that sells brewing supplies in the corner of their space. And a nearby bottle shop (which has a great select...