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Hey people After a couple years in the ground my hop plants have produced a pretty good crop 1 Columbus plant and 1 EastKentGoldings plant I got a couple of buckets of each So before I use them I boiled 2 flowers in a pot of water to see if they even give off bitterness and check out the...

I brewed a fatter yak a few weeks ago with US05 and it tasted great out of the fermented for the first 3 day then the last gravity reading it tasted like a wheat beer I couldn't tasteany of the hops just a wheat taste. I bottled half of it but I'm sure something got in there and fucked it up...

Hi peeps I've just brewed a fatteryak recipie and half way through the ferment it turned from tasting fantastic to horrible overnight almost like a wheat flavour in there. At first I thought it was tannins but that would have been in there from the start right? Now I'm thinking some infection...

Gday all I went for a trip down south this weekend and dropped into the Bootleg brewery fantastic beers as usual but the seasonal beer knocked my socks off! Black current infused tea in an ale! It works so well almost like an aroma hop. Its a nice mild ale not very hopped with a nice...

Thanks for the replies looks like I'll do a pale ale and use it for aroma and see how it comes up. I might just do a little 9l stove top job for a tester and work on what it'll go with from there. With using it for bitterness from what I've seen I should keep it under 60

Oh yeah when is the best time to harvest these bad boys? How do ya know when there ripe

Hi all I've had a Columbus hop plant in the yard for a few years now and figure its probably time to make a brew with it. I've had a bit of a look around and haven't found much about it some people say its for bitterness some flavour. If anyone's used it please let me know how it turned out. Cheers

Cheers 20 mins left in the boil hop it works

HI guys I've just upgraded my pot for my brew boil and it looks like my gas burner isn't up to a rolling boil. Its only just boiling like just over a simmer and its not gonna get down to my 23 Lt mark after boil. My question is can I just boil it a little longer or will that effect the...