In getting involved with @bluemoon's challenge I have learned so many things about other participants, and have enjoyed every moment.
One thing I would like to share with others is that I enjoy a good beer on occasion, and around 10 years ago started brewing my own beer.
The motive for starting making Home brew was that I found hops growing on the property I had purchased years ago.
Since that time I have replanted hundreds of rhizomes and now harvest and dry anywhere between 25 and 30 lbs of hops a year.
Unearthed rhizome with new shoots.
Mature hops laid open to show the lupulin gland. This gland turns yellowish in color when mature. Hops or Humulus lupulus are a cousin of cannabis.
They contain the alpha acids, beta acids, and hop oils that add hop character to beer.
Before modern refrigeration, hops served as an important beer preservative.
Hops are picked and then dried out in an oast.
Records that I keep of every batch I brew.
If you purchase hops they will usually come in the form of pellets. Brewing with fresh hops comes with the added benefit of having been cultivated and grown without pesticides, herbicides, or fungicides.
This is an activity that is totally hobbitational, and Allows me to creat my own nector of the Gods.
Benjamin Franklin, "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." This famous quote has been attributed to Mr. B Franklin, but has recently been disputed whether he really spoke these words.
One thing for sure is that this good old boy enjoyed a mug of Ale on a regular basis.
Hope you enjoyed! thebigsweed
Dooooood. What state are you in again and I haven’t received my 2019 thanksgiving invitation yet. 🤔
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UpState New York.
Talking about Thanksgiving, on my way home from going to town I ran into a couple flocks of
Next Thanksgiving I plan on adding organic turkey to the menu.
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"Hobbitational..." Awesome, Bilbo!
Seriously though, hops have always been a mystery to me, as is the whole beer brewing business. Thanks for the education.
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Really, very little mystery involved, if you are talking about the mystery of the actual brewing process.
Only 4 ingredients.
water, which up in this neck of the woods is unbelievable.
Hops, which I grow organically
*Malt, Which I purchase in a liquid like syrup
At this point i just follow a receipe of a beer that i have made and like.
Follow the steps for boiling, adding hops, pitching the yeast, and letting it ferment.
Rack twice which simply means to let it hangout in the carboy for a while to let it settle.
Bottle
Let it age for a while
and enjoy a cold one.
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Sounds good. Is it cheaper than just buying it already brewed? And what do you mean by "pitching the yeast?" TIA...
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Not cheaper than cheap beer, but much better. pitching the yeast, to add the yeast when the temp of the batch of beer you are making is correct.
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Yea...and just knowing all the ingredients are healthy is worth a lot.
Thanks, Sweed.
Where are you in upstate, btw...?
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Howdy sir thebigsweed! wow I had no idea what a hops plant looked like, they're these giant vines huh! Very interesting..and how much beer do all those plants allow you to make?
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More hops are available than can be used. My good friend lives across the street and I provide him with the hops he needs for brewing.
The vines grow upwards of 30 feet, and can grow several inches in a day.
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wow sir bigsweed, so you guys have barrels or kegs of beer sitting around? Do you ever put any of it in bottles?
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