Mississippi Roll Call

[MVKTR2]

lack of Democracy.

Democracy is overrated, Franklin allegedly likened it to two wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner. I say viva a benevolent dictator!!!

How would a benevolent dictatorship over a brew club operate anyway? I'm guessing 'I have brought you free beer ... and this is what we're gonna do'.

 

[Villagedawg]

Mark. I am from Mooreville and now live in Starkville. My brother and step dad still live in Mooreville. I get there quite a bit. If you are interested in getting together with other brewers, our club meets once a month in West Point. Also, would be glad to get together in Mooreville and brew and/or drink homebrew when I am there. Perhaps I even already know you. Holler at me and we can exchange emails.

 

[maf58d]

Villagedawg, sent PM. ---Mark F.---

 

[wickdawg]

wickdawg in the house! Starkvegas!

Don't want people calling me out since I viewed the post and didn't post. Forums not really my thing.

Cheers!

 

[thewhoner]

Hello!

Brandon, MS here.

 

[jeepinozz]

Brandon here, too. I know several of you already from comps. Been brewing about 2 years. Just got my kegging setup finished, and got a new 15 gal kettle with therm & spigot. Gonna start biab with the next batch.

 

[JediMeister]

Hey, Hattiesburg here. I know we have a few brewers in the area. Switching to all-grain after Christmas and hope to get in with a homebrew group in the area.

 

[mlmeeks]

I'm here in Winona.

 

[BlackZX3]

Ocean Springs

 

[GWDawg1]

Amory

 

[captainkirk83]

Just stumbled accross this thread while searching for hops to grow in the state. Cascade and ????

This is me checking in from Madison.

Also there is a new home brew store in Jackson. Great to be able to buy local rather than online.

 

[Gus_13]

Just stumbled accross this thread while searching for hops to grow in the state. Cascade and ????

This is me checking in from Madison.

Also there is a new home brew store in Jackson. Great to be able to buy local rather than online.

Welcome! Brewhaha is a great LHBS. If they don't have it they will order it. Mac and Nick know their stuff too. If you have any questions of what you need or about brewing, they usually know the answer. Nick helped me come up with my first recipe for Punishment. I'm brewing it today and will tweak it for the next time.

Welcome! And let us know what you grow! I'm interested to see what will grow here in the state.

 

[jrodskreet]

Welcome! Brewhaha is a great LHBS. If they don't have it they will order it. Mac and Nick know their stuff too. If you have any questions of what you need or about brewing, they usually know the answer. Nick helped me come up with my first recipe for Punishment. I'm brewing it today and will tweak it for the next time.

Welcome! And let us know what you grow! I'm interested to see what will grow here in the state.

Wait! what? There is a brew store in Jackson? Where?

 

[MVKTR2]

Wait! what? There is a brew store in Jackson? Where?

BrewHaHa opened a few days before Christmas. They're located in (iirc) LeFleur's Gallary Shopping Center off of the north bound (east side of I-55) frontage road. It's located between Northside drive and the Krogers/Books a Million shopping center. The store isn't visible from the road it's around toward the rear of the shopping center, NOT hard to find. Mac Rusling is the owner and is a genuinely warm person, he's good people!

Contact Info:
https://www.facebook.com/BrewhahaSupply
4800 I-55 N, Suite 17A
Jackson, Mississippi 39206
Phone (601) 362-0201
Email [email protected]
Website http://www.brewhahasupply.com (website isn't operational yet)

For the record their prices are very competitive. Frankly when it comes to grains & other raw materials they're as good a buy as anyone (I paid $1.50 per lb for european pilsner malt with 2-row costing less than that). Perhaps most importantly they'll be happy to package up anything you want and ship it too you. May I suggest giving them a try as if we want the convenience of a local homebrew store we need to support them.

 

[delta]

It's in Lefleur's Gallery. Take the Northside Drive exit on I-55 (exit 100) and go north on the frontage road about a half mile, Lefleur's is on the right....the store is next to Weight Watchers.

 

[MVKTR2]

Gus, what is 'Punishment'? Sounds like an IPA, or marriage therapy!

I'm not claiming to be an expert, but growing hops in MS can be tough. I've grown them at 3 different locations, multiple varieties, and have parents who owned a wholesale nursery so I basically had professional advice in growing them. I say all that to say that in full sun your chances are VERY slim. My father, who's forgotten more about horticulture than I'll ever know, couldn't get them to grow on the hillside behind his house even though we dug out holes and put in potting/top soil and organic matter. Rather than growing length and climbing the one's that did seem to grow a little would spread out along the ground. At my place here in Attala Co they just didn't want to do well. When I first planted them they did okay the first year, but went downhill from there.

However at my old house in Clinton I had a relatively small back yard which contained 5 huge oaks and quite the canopy. I planted 6 hills, built a nice 14' high trellis in an area that got about 6-8 hours of direct sun per day but the rest was shaded and sparse sunlight through the leaf canopy. My hops FLOURISHED, did amazingly well! Given the fact that the soil was treated similarly at all 3 locations my father & I deduced that in order to grow hops properly in MS it's best if you plant them where they get some solid shade for much of the day.

That's the best advice I have for growing hops and the only other thing I have to add is avoid planting them under pine trees or in acidic soil as they hate acid/love alkaline soil. Also they love water.

 

[jrodskreet]

Freaking awesome! Thanks for the info y'all

 

[thewhoner]

Yea, the guys at Brewhaha are great!

I really enjoy their store. I wish they had a wider selection of malts, but I think they're doing it right by not stocking everything under the sun- yet. Besides, what they don't have, they'll get for you.

I haven't bought anything from anywhere else since they've opened. I'll be damned if I shop somewhere else knowing that this is the first & only store in Mississippi. The more we support them, the better their selection will become.

I can't stress it enough, you need to stop in. We need to help them grow so homebrewing grows in MS as well.

 

[delta]

only store in Mississippi

Delta Brewing Supply in Greenville is open too.

 

[thewhoner]

Delta Brewing Supply in Greenville is open too.

I retract that statement! I was unaware

 

[delta]

I was too until I happened to drive by there after a duck hunt. I didn't stop though....just made a mental note. I'm going to be up that way Monday and Tuesday so I'll stop by if I have time.

Also, there is a new homebrew bill this session.....I hope it passes.

 

[jrodskreet]

This may be getting off topic but I stopped by brewhaha this afternoon. Didn't have much time to look or talk much but they had a lot more than I expected. Hopefully next time I have more time

 

[captainkirk83]

They have been great to this rookie brewer. Only thing I've made until now has been hopped liquid malt extract. They helped me scale my first all grain recipe to a two gallon size cause o don't have a bigger pot yet.

 

[Gus_13]

Gus, what is 'Punishment'? Sounds like an IPA, or marriage therapy!

Ha ha it could work for either! Punishment was short for the name of my changing Belgian Dark Strong Ale. The original name was Holy Wars... The Punishment Due. Most of my stuff was going to have music related names. I've decided to go a little bit different direction. I changed the name to Obscurite. French for Darkness. This one was brewed with a specific yeast and hop and the next will be changed up a bit!

 

[MVKTR2]

Also, there is a new homebrew bill this session.....I hope it passes.

Hopefully it does pass. HOWEVER, and this is a constant gripe of mine as I'm virtually an anarchist when it comes to the machinations of government/governance... however the bill as introduced legalizes homebrewing only where it is legal to possess light wine and beer. Meaning rather than simply amending current MS code 67-3-11 to add beer, cider, and mead alongside wine which is currently fully legal to make ANYWHERE in the state regardless of commercial possession/sales laws it's a 'limited step forward'. Yes I'll be happy as a worm in a fermenting peach, but why must humanity inch forward on it's belly toward liberty rather than seize it with both hands. We will continue to quite literally beg government to 'allow' us to be free... in a word it's frustrating, and don't dare call it freedom! [/end_rant]

 

[MVKTR2]

Ran across this series from Hop Union which walks you rather quickly through the hop growing process. Thought it'd be useful to those wondering about growing hops.

 

[Titan88]

I'm from New Albany, MS. I'm active duty Navy out here in San Diego. I didn't get into homebrewing until I got out here. Now, I can't get enough of it! Making recipes and labels for everything.

 

[JeepDiver]

From MS originally, get back about once a year. Glad to finely get some good beer after the changes to the laws last year. Will be interesting to see how things improve with the HB change. Been telling the wife we need to move back and open.a brewery, but she doesn't want to leave CO and her family here anytime soon

 

[Titan88]

From MS originally, get back about once a year. Glad to finely get some good beer after the changes to the laws last year. Will be interesting to see how things improve with the HB change. Been telling the wife we need to move back and open.a brewery, but she doesn't want to leave CO and her family here anytime soon

Haha! I'm trying to talk my wife into moving to MS and opening a nanobrewery as well. I already have a brand planned out. Beer names, labels and recipes all suitcased and ready to go!

 

[Paschendale]

I'm in South-central MS but I don't know if I count as a brewer yet, since I've yet to brew my first batch of beer, although I've done 4 batches of cider. Nice to meet you guys!