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Interesting read on hops

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Wow!

Looks like it is a good time to be in or getting in growing hops!
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Scary part is what it the big macrobrews decide to start doing IPAs
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I think I'll pull out my mom's herb books and look for other plants with high myrcene content.

Anyone dry hop with lime leaves? :p
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I'm all for this:
However, many of the varieties now in vogue fall in the same narrower window. In addition, an increasing number of brewers would like those hops dried less efficiently, at cooler temperatures and not piled as high in kilns, because that preserves more of the hop oils responsible for aroma (and by extension flavor).
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I guess it was a good thing we bought a second Wolf harvester this year!!!
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DaYooper wrote:I guess it was a good thing we bought a second Wolf harvester this year!!!
You love us don't you Da Yooper? You won't let the :borg: run out of hops right??? :( :unsure: :sweat:
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sounds like some of y'all need to lay off those 100+ibu IPAs for a while(you know who you are) ;)
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Gymrat wrote:Scary part is what it the big macrobrews decide to start doing IPAs
All the real IPAs get watered down. Bleah.
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mashani wrote:
Gymrat wrote:Scary part is what it the big macrobrews decide to start doing IPAs
All the real IPAs get watered down. Bleah.
Yeah, that's all we need...

3¥d Light IPA Lime-a-Rita...

Bleah!

No Thanks! :give:
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Howsomever... we know how to make a dang good IPA. So, that being said, we are not reliant on them.
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jpsherman wrote:Wow!

Looks like it is a good time to be in or getting in growing hops!
That is, actually, a very good thought. There may very well come a day when we - as home brewers - will have to supplement our hops supply with those that we grow ourselves.

Now all I' have to do is convince LOML that I need a portion of the garden.
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