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I’m looking at some of the pics of the hops people have harvested, and I can’t see how they differ to the ones I recently harvested. Mine were deemed to be too young (and smelled that way). I’m looking at them frequently and trying to see if it gets more papery etc. Can someone please post a...

Scroll back a few pages and you'll see I picked a big bowl of hops that were at about the same stage as that. Felt papery to me (but I'm a first time grower, so got nothing to compare it too) and they had lots of yellow lupulin. I thought they smelled hoppy when I was picking, but then decided...

Thanks Mardoo. Looks like plenty of lupulin in there, so I'll give it a crack.

Yeah the smaller ones look like they're maturing at the same rate as the bigger ones. Regarding my 5% harvest that's too young....can I use this for bittering? I've got them in the dehydrator. Wondering if I can still use them.

Dang

I picked about 5% of the cones. So many! My wife reckons they're not ready. It's my first harvest so I keep doubting myself. Any thoughts on the below pics? Did I froth too soon, or do they look ready?

My cascade has plenty of cones ready to pick, which will happen today. Those cones are all pretty big. It also has a lot of smaller cones that appear to be close to ready, but they're about half the size of the others. Does anyone know if this is normal? Will the plant produce a range of flower...

I managed to hoist them back up. you're right - it was a massive *****. On inspection yesterday, looks like one bine has started to die due to the damage. It wasn't a major one, but still a bit bummed about the loss. Still on track for a good first harvest though!

Three of my very tall and flower laden cascade bines fell down in the storm last night!! :unsure: Hopefully there's not significant damage and I can re-hoist them after work. Shattered!!

Yeah I saw those. Was going to go down that option most likely. Fingers crossed for your sake you get something else! :)

Thanks Moonhead, that's a great idea. Unfortunately I am looking for something that looks good though. I had considered using a shower grate but the bottoms are not flat and I'd have to seal the drain etc.. Looking for simplicity.

Hello, I'm looking to get a 60cm stainless steel drip tray from Keg King, but before I spend the doubloons I thought I'd see if anyone wants to get rid of one. They're not cheap new and I'm on a budget with my Keezer. Based in Melbourne. Cheers, Mat Example...

I was worried about shocking the yeast too, but it's still going gang-busters so all seems good. I'll update back here is a few weeks after some tasting.

Helloooo, I've got a pale ale fermenting with WLP001 right now in my fermenting fridge. I pitched and put it in at about 10:30 last night. I accidentally had the temp controller set to 77℃!! I checked at 7am and it was fermenting like mad at 27℃. I hear with a heat pad in there (not touching...

Further update: this beer just got unreal! Must have needed extra time in the keg to settle. All the flavours have balanced and it's fantastic. What a relief!

I gave up. Kept playing up and not reading temps.

Hey gents, Just did a bit of an audit in the cupboard and found some glasses I never use. Free to whoever wants them (well, no cash required but a bottle of your finest will suffice). Located in NE suburbs of Melb. I won't post either, only pickup. Cheers. BTW. The Carlsberg logo on the far...

I'd be happy to buy the drip tray if you don't have any luck with the keezer. I'd need to have it posted to Melb though. I just built a keezer and am trying to avoid paying $70 for a tray!