Recent content by Sir-Brews-Alot

Yeah, I'm not sure either. I purchased them from Great Lakes Hops, https://www.greatlakeshops.com/apps/search?q=bramling, who described them as " An early 1900’s English heirloom aroma hop variety; related to Goldings" which made me think it was probably Brambling Cross. I love the hops...

Have three year Northern Brewer, Glacier and Spalt Select plants. Planted some Bramling at the same time as the others, but the Bramling did not do good at all, so pulled the crown last year. Purchased a Prussian plant from Great lakes Hops to replace it. Hopefully it'll do better.

I get, that if you are actively passing in the left lane you should be good to go, and not feel pressured to move over for speedy gonzalas. The problem is, and it seems to be very prolific with semis and other large "trucks", who get in the left lane to pass but only go .0625 mph faster than...

Lessee....I've harvested a .5 oz of Northern Brewer and 1 oz of Spalt Select dry. Not sure I'll get much of anything from my Glacier or Bramlin. Seems the cones stopped growing at about the size of a small grape for some reason and are turning brown prematurely. All first year. Pretty sad, lol.

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Damn you're right! Thanks much! I've only ever seen the adults, so had no idea what the nymphs looked like.

Been dealing with Japanese beetles all summer, fairly successfully, but I noticed these little fellers on my bramling hops. I dunno if they're even doing any damage, hard to tell with all the JB damage. Any idea what these are? There are quite a few of them, so doesn't seem to be just a chance...

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I wonder if maybe the PET plastic bottles is allowing too much oxygen ingress? I never get a scoby in my bottles either and I also use Grolsch style flip tops. Maybe next time I bottle I'll use a soda bottle or something just to see if it forms a scoby.

Just have it with a meal. Eating food will help remove the acid, or at least neutralize it. Least wise, that's what I was told by my dentist back when I drank tons of soda.

How are you guys adding your flavor combinations? I know they need to be added in a secondary environment, such as at bottling. Obviously juice is the most common answer, but there are many flavor combos I'd like to try that aren't available in juice form. For instance, mango/habanero. Should I...

What about the little evil man in the corner counting gold coins? He wasn't there before. ;) So to sum up: Some people will continue to use NB/Midwest Supplies and some will not. I don't think anybody here will convince the other side to change their minds.

Their attempt to control supply? They will treat grains/hop and other raw materials much like how Walmart treats it's suppliers. They will be able to command the lowest price due to volume and impact. If they complete their goal, they will put every other LHBS out of business and be the sole...

You guys are right, I'm sure if ABInbev was able to control the entire beer market (both supply and sales), we would still have just as many options and the same amount of creativity as we currently have. After all when big beer controlled everything 30-40-50 years ago, the options were...

By all means, keep supporting the enemy Why any one would want to support a company whose main intent is to destroy everything we love about our community is beyond me. Oh well, guess saving a few bucks is more important the preserving our heritage.