Organic HomeBrews

[Revvy]

abracadabra mentioned me early in this thread, so I figured I would post my whole rant. I really hope this post doesn’t end up sounding combative, as I really do believe in most organic produce especially with fruits and vegetables.

Wow awesome info, and I didn't think it was combatative at all.

I learned a whole bunch of stuff from it.

 

[GearBeer]

How so? If the plant is raised organically, the rhizome is also organic - at least until it gets to you, whence you can do whatever you like to it. The produce from that point may very well no longer be organic.

Cheers,

Bob

The reason I find it rediculous is the fact that the term organic refers to the yield of the plant, not the plant itself. I would argue that you could take any (female) rhizome from any supplier and produce organic hops from it merely by cultivating it with organic methods. The only potential complicating factor that I see is any previous use of chemical fertilizers, which could reasonably be considered to be completely exhausted after a couple seasons.

 

[monty73741]

also if you use a extract i pretty sure it cant be certified organic. their is a big difference between certified organic & organic.

Plus since you ad water it cant be organic because water cannot be certified organic

 

[ALICIA21]

THere's not even much in our own "databases" I did a search.

A home brewing beer and wine making civilized discussion community. Also with beer/wine/mead/cider discussion, pub talk, and general chit-chat. - Search Results for organic beer

where can i finf more info???

 

[amoxus]

For me "organic" also includes striving to use as few unnatural chemicals as possible in the brewing process, such as campden tablets (I assume this is unnatural). Does anyone maintain any knowledge of alternatives? Especially for cider brewing?

Many thanks in advance folks,
Micke