Chimone said:
Thanks man... I'm on it. looks cool
Chimone said:
beta pleated sheet said:...The guy at my LHBS said that they won't have ANY hallertauer until next year (if then). ...And I had to sub two (out of three) kinds of hops for my next kind of brew.
BierMuncher said:Ergo find some Willamette
BierMuncher said:Ergo…find some Willamette
chriso said:...Thusly, you could find some Crystal instead.
BierMuncher said:I talked to Dave at Fresh Hops yesterday. He was out cutting rhizomes. Looks like everyone is expecting a run on rhizomes with all the "grow your own" talk going on.
Vels said:Stocked up on everything last fall, but for various reasons i have not been brewing since last August.
So with a freezer full of hops and the "hop shortage" not really affecting prices and availability greatly over here i just threw 1.5 oz of hops in my secondary, so my 5 gal of IPA will have taken 6 oz all in all.
Then i come online to look at what my HBS have to offer on malt these days. I have not bought malt for 7-8 months as i buy my base malts in 50# sacks and really stock up on the special malts from time to time.
Now all the Weiermann malts cost 180-200% of what i paid last time
Well, only option now is to pay up, or start using corn or rice to stretch the malts
Jakob
BierMuncher said:I talked to Dave at Fresh Hops yesterday. He was out cutting rhizomes. Looks like everyone is expecting a run on rhizomes with all the "grow your own" talk going on.
chriso said:I'm still debating if this will work, though, because I'm on a major arterial street, so it's fairly bright outside, even at night. I'm worried it's bright enough that they won't flower.
Sorry no. My guess is it will be a pretty broad selection. Dave was busy taking my order for some summit hops and dealing with a Fed Ex truck that had just showed up so not much time to chit-chat.Mustangj said:Do you know which types they are going to sell?
foxtrot said:Anyone out there think the "hop shortage" is a scam? (I love a good conspiracy). I was at my LHBS and they had a fairly good selection and only charging $2 an oz. Said they have no supply issues. You know how gas prices shoot up when there's a hurricane near oil rigs??? And then we hear about record profits 6 months later... Hmmm.
Austinhomebrew said:there was not going to be any Cascade available for a couple of years
ilikestuff said:Now this really does not make sense to me. The growing season is what, 5-6 months, "Keep in mind, normal hop havesting begins here in the states about the 20th of August," according to hopsdirect, yet it will take a couple of years to get any of the most popular aroma variety, all the way from Washington state? ...
Seabee John said:Just received (on the ol' front porch) from hops direct:
1# galana
1# williamette
1# Fuggles
So far I'm doing pretty well. I think I'm locked on for the year. Before this shipment I had 47 Oz of various hops in the freezer. So I'm good. but I'll keep my eyes open for a deal here and there.
Jekster said:How did you order from hopsdirect? I don't show them as offering any verities for sale anymore.
EdWort said:...I foresee the ability to sell a pound on eBay...
chione said:This guy is selling hops from his backyard in a ziplock baggie!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/Big-bag-of-Casc...ryZ38172QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Seabee John said:how the hell could you even know what you were getting?I can't imagine buying hops from anyone on ebay unless they were reputable. Sure the bag SAYS Cascade... but who knows what they are.
andypantz13 said:http://lewbryson.blogspot.com/2008/02/hey-craft-brewers-whos-your-daddy.html
Jim Koch is selling off 20,000 lbs of hops at cost. Less than $6 a pound, it looks like this is aimed at other craft brewers, but maybe they'd be willing to send some love to us homebrewers too.
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