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ABOUT ME

City: ohio
About Me: grow, drink, ferment, drink, compost, drink, bake, drink, and did i mention drink? HOPPY BEERS
General Interests: grow,drink,ferment etc.
Occupation: railroad no more, back into the green industry
Real Name: bob bero
Favorite Music: all except certain disco and rap. mostly 60' blues and bluegrass
Favorite Movies: the frankie & annette one with eric von ziffle
Favorite Television Shows: greatest american hero, monk
Favorite Books: jerry kramer 'instant replay'
Clubs and Associations: yahoo, b.o.a.r.d., aha
Home Brewing Biography: cheaper to make alcohol than buy it (1978). MUCH CHEAPER TO MAKE ALCOHOL THAN BUY IT (2010). fascinated by the science of fermentation and especially how natural the whole process is. made malt, spontaneous fermentations, sourdough bread, etc.
Future Brews: ipa
Primary: ipa
Secondary: don't have one
Bottled: lots of stuff that's about 15 - 17 yrs old as that must have been the time i scored a bunch of kegs.
Kegged: all IPA's at this time
Gender: Male
Status: Single

LATEST ACTIVITY

Posted in thread: Help my hops! Look at my leaves! on 05-24-2013 at 04:28 PM
Shouldn't you first determine what it is that you're trying to control?
Posted in thread: Downy Mildew on 05-23-2013 at 05:12 PM
In a really ingenious move, Ma Nature stacked the deck in her favor by creating a bunch of
different kinds of downy mildew. That old gal has all the bases coveredYou might consider
looking around your...
Posted in thread: Cut new growth? on 05-23-2013 at 01:39 AM
Me also. Is this for disease purpose or does it help energy go to cone production or both?The
less foliage at the base of the crown, the better. This is where most disease problems begin
and what you'...
Posted in thread: Downy Mildew on 05-22-2013 at 05:29 PM
Finally got around to training a Chinook today and found a Downy Mildew infected shoot. Kinda
odd because we haven't had any rain to speak of in a few weeks and the humidities have been
relatively low...
Posted in thread: First Year Hop Growers on 05-22-2013 at 02:07 PM
Same here, it's all about enjoying what you're doing.
Posted in thread: First Year Hop Growers on 05-22-2013 at 06:59 AM
Well, hopefully she'll make more hops than mine. I could never get more than a few handfuls so
out she went. Climate/soils have a lot to do with it so I'll just stick to Cascade and Chinook.
Posted in thread: First Year Hop Growers on 05-22-2013 at 06:41 AM
What flavor is she? I hear the season was late for you this year. Hopefully things will even
out and you'll have some cones this Fall.
Posted in thread: browning bottom leafs on 05-20-2013 at 02:55 PM
That's been happening to mine for as long as I've been growing, pretty much across all
varieties. It doesn't really fit any disease or virus so I just write it off to old age. As
long as the upper por...
Posted in thread: Hoppo's Hops Garden on 05-20-2013 at 04:53 AM
Excuse the delay but it's Spring and lots of stuff going on. Finally remembered to get
batteries for the camera. As home growers, I feel we can produce healthier plants than those
that get manhandled ...
Posted in thread: Snapped a vine! on 05-19-2013 at 06:03 PM
Finally found the picture. This happened a few years ago on a Nugget growing in a remote
location. I must have hit it with a mower or something but as you can see, one of the secondary
shoots will bec...