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ABOUT ME

About Me: Home brew / craft brew fan, hop grower and gardener. Hop lover, growing hops... IPA, Double IPA...
General Interests: growing hops,live music,camping
Occupation: Computer Analyst
Real Name: Tony Saldin
Favorite Music: Rock and blues
Home Brewing Biography: Started home brewing around 1990. Haven't brewed lately as now you can get craft beers where you could not when I started home brewing. I have several homebrew friends that have surpassed my brewing talents and supply me with excellent brews. I like to barter hops for brews.

IPA / double IPA's / Imperials are my beer / ales of choice.
Gender: Male
Status: Married

City: Bloomington

State/Province: Mn

LATEST ACTIVITY

Posted in thread: Texas Hop Garden on 04-15-2013 at 03:33 PM
Great to see hops growing in Texas (lot of folks say it can't be done). My hops sprouted, then
4 days later 4 inches of snow and snow for 6 days straight! Temps are hovering between 30 and
35 so I am ...
Posted in thread: Growing hops in the devils anus. on 04-11-2013 at 02:14 AM
Good luck and keep us posted on your hops. I am very interested if it can be done in Texas.
Posted in thread: Growing hops on 03-31-2013 at 05:33 PM
Depending on variety, maturity, height and conditions, you can easily get half a pound dried
hops per plant.
Posted in thread: growing hops on 03-17-2013 at 09:29 PM
10 feet won't be an issue. Less height/surface area for fewer cones but it won't hurt the
bines. Once they top out, they will start to send out laterals (branches) and bush out. Same
varieties should ...
Posted in thread: growing hops on 03-17-2013 at 01:13 PM
In big enough pots (5 gallon or bigger) they will easily reach 15 to 20+ feet. So give them as
much rope/twine as you can (up to 20 feet). They will take what you give them - if 10 feet is
all you can...
Posted in thread: Hop rhizome buying on 03-06-2013 at 12:11 AM
Here is a list of online hop rhizomes vendors (a couple even sell hop plants). The varieties
you choose depend upon the styles you brew, but generally you want at least 1 aroma hop and 1
bittering ho...
Posted in thread: Growing hops near well - invasive? on 02-11-2013 at 03:56 PM
Hop roots go deep and wide. I would keep 'em at least 20 feet away from your well to be safe.
Posted in thread: HomeBrewTalk 2013 Big Giveaway! on 02-08-2013 at 01:44 AM
Holy crap, this is huge!
Posted in thread: Growing Hops on 10-19-2012 at 01:32 PM
You are right. Picking hops by hand is a pain and time consuming. While hops are cheap now,
they haven't always been - there have been shortages too. It is more of a do it yourself
satisfaction thing ...
Posted in thread: Help! Forgot what kind of hops I am growing!! on 09-12-2012 at 04:17 PM
Hard to say. My guess A = Magnum, B = Cascade or Chinook