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Tom Gardner
Advanced Member
Username: Tom
Post Number: 602
Registered: 01-2001
| | Posted on Monday, April 25, 2005 - 05:22 pm: | 
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Howdy fellow brewers, We are thinking of planting a cherry tree and I was wondering what type you would recommend? Montmorency seems to be the standard sour cherry - good for pies, jams, and beer. TIA, Tom |
Paul Erbe
Member
Username: Perbe
Post Number: 119
Registered: 05-2001
| | Posted on Monday, April 25, 2005 - 06:26 pm: |
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It might be true of all sour cherries but that tree is also a self pollinator, meaning you only need one. I would guess that is the main tree in Door County Wisc, which at one time was the biggest producing area for Sour Cherries. I think the lake coast of michigan is the place now.
My parents have a house in Door County so I always bring back 10 lbs of frozen cherries. I have a sour cherry mead that has been aging for I think 2 years. It is still pretty rough but in a year or two it should be nirvana.
"You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least, you need a beer."
-- Frank Zappa
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PalerThanAle
Senior Member
Username: Palerthanale
Post Number: 1340
Registered: 04-2002
| | Posted on Monday, April 25, 2005 - 08:23 pm: |
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Tom - here is a little info for you http://www.doorcountyvacations.com/html/generalInfo/sportsAndNature/cherryInfo.h tm
Paul - I didn't know you were a FIB 
PTA
Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It’s what separates us from the animals. Except the weasel.
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Bob Boufford
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Username: Bobb
Post Number: 243
Registered: 03-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 12:25 pm: |
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Tom, http://www.ext.colostate.edu/ptlk/1202.html
Unless you want to wait forever to get any fruit from a standard cherry tree, try to find varieties grafted on dwarf root stock. |
Paul Erbe
Member
Username: Perbe
Post Number: 121
Registered: 05-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 01:12 pm: |
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PTA - Grew up outside of Milwaukee in Cedarburg. I am now a FIB. My Grandparents built our cottage in the 50's so I have been in Door County for the summers since birth.
I am one of the Green and Gold who live in Chicago. What Bears fans don't understand is that we hate the Viqueens and the Bears rarely pose a threat.
"You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least, you need a beer."
-- Frank Zappa
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Mike Huss
Advanced Member
Username: Mikhu
Post Number: 616
Registered: 03-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 01:43 pm: |
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Hmmmm....Cedarburg...Frugal Homebrewer...cheap grain... |
PalerThanAle
Senior Member
Username: Palerthanale
Post Number: 1341
Registered: 04-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 01:46 pm: |
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Then I cannot consider you as a FIB. You just happen to live below the state line. So you must have eaten at the Viking (the restaurant) in Ellison Bay? Best dang fish boil ever - just don't stand too close to the kettle... It took a couple weeks for my eye brows to grow back.
I think Bears fans get it. We love to hate them but if there were no Packers, I'd be a Bears fan. The viqueens on the other hand - I just can't stand them. I mean - Purple??
Tom go with the Montmorency or a dwarf sour. You can always sweeten them if you need to.
PTA
Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It’s what separates us from the animals. Except the weasel.
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Paul Erbe
Member
Username: Perbe
Post Number: 123
Registered: 05-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 01:48 pm: |
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Does Cedarburg have a good shop? Me and my wife stop there for lunch on the way home once in a while.
I want to try the brewpub located on the creek but they don't seem to open for lunch.
"You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least, you need a beer."
-- Frank Zappa
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PalerThanAle
Senior Member
Username: Palerthanale
Post Number: 1342
Registered: 04-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 01:53 pm: |
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boy this thread sure was hijacked!
It is a really (REALLY) small shop but the prices are good on grain and fair on the other stuff.
http://www.frugalhomebrewer.com/
For the life of me I don't know why a brew pub would not be open for lunch.
PTA
Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It’s what separates us from the animals. Except the weasel.
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Mike Huss
Advanced Member
Username: Mikhu
Post Number: 617
Registered: 03-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 02:30 pm: |
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You mean this thread wasn't about homebrew shops in Cedarburg WI? 
Paul, I assume you are talking about Silver Creek Brewpub. This is from their page, evidently they aren't open very much.
Pub Hours
Thursdays Open at 5 pm Logo Pint Night!
Fridays Open at 3 pm
Saturdays Open at 2 pm
Sundays Noon - 5 pm (subject to brewing)
Extended hours for Festivals.
The pub is closed on Mondays & Tuesdays.
During the winter, the pub is closed on Wednesdays. |
Chumley
Senior Member
Username: Chumley
Post Number: 3094
Registered: 02-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 03:17 pm: |
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Crymany-cripes-sake! Youse guys gots a lot of noive to hijack dis thread on trees, n'so? |
Tom Gardner
Advanced Member
Username: Tom
Post Number: 605
Registered: 01-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - 01:28 am: |
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Do they have cherry trees?  |
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