I suppose that is a good idea to give you a rough idea if your home-grown hops would be more or less in Alpha Acids than a store-bought brand. That is assuming the grower had their hops professionally analyzed. From what I can tell, many commercial hops suppliers package material from several...

No problem, - I have just going by the Alpha levels that each variety has as an average in the calculators that Brewer's Friend provides. There are several testing agencies that will give you specific Alpha analysis if you send them samples, but until it is commercially viable as a grower, I...

Currently, we have 5 varieties. Mt. Hood, Galena, Magnum, Centennial and Willamette. For the first year of having Rhizomes in the ground, we are very happy with the volume and growth. I have many ziplock bags of dried whole hops stashed in my freezer. I would like to try a few more varieties...

I use a converted extreme cooler for my mash tun. During the boil, I clean out the grain, fill it with water and hook my 120v pump and copper coil to it. I pre-freeze some large ice blocks beforehand and toss them in. Turn on the pump, sanitize my coil and toss it in. I add more ice as...

Thank you. Loving every aspect of this so far

I'm an old hat making my own wine, and made my own for about 10 years. Got away from it and never tried making beer because, frankly, the homebrews i had tasted from friends "kits" tasted like swill. But with the explosion of craft beers here in Alberta and a recent trip to Europe, I went...