---

	FORUM ON BEER, HOMEBREWING, AND RELATED ISSUES
		Digest Janitor: pbabcock at hbd.org


***************************************************************
        AUGUST'S HOME BREW DIGEST BROUGHT TO YOU BY: 

               The Ann Arbor Brewers Guild
              Visit them at http://aabg.org 
			 
    Support those who support you! Visit our sponsor's site!
********** Also visit http://hbd.org/hbdsponsors.html *********

DONATE to the Home Brew Digest. Home Brew Digest, Inc. is a 
501(c)3 not-for-profit organization under IRS rules (see the
FAQ at http://hbd.org for details of this status). Donations
can be made by check to Home Brew Digest mailed to:

HBD Server Fund
PO Box 871309
Canton Township, MI 48187-6309

or by paypal to address serverfund@hbd.org. DONATIONS of $250 
or more will be provided with receipts. SPONSORSHIPS of any 
amount are considered paid advertisement, and may be deductible
under IRS rules as a business expense. Please consult with your 
tax professional, then see http://hbd.org for available 
sponsorship opportunities.
***************************************************************


Contents:
  RE:  Hop processing ... ("steve.alexander")
  Re: Zymiugy Collection (beerdan)


* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
*           The HBD Logo Store is now open!             *
*            http://www.hbd.org/store.html              *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
*   Beer is our obsession and we're late for therapy!   *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Send articles for __publication_only__ to post@hbd.org

If your e-mail account is being deleted, please unsubscribe first!!

To SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE send an e-mail message with the word
  "subscribe" or "unsubscribe" to request@hbd.org FROM THE E-MAIL
  ACCOUNT YOU WISH TO HAVE SUBSCRIBED OR UNSUBSCRIBED!!!**
IF YOU HAVE SPAM-PROOFED your e-mail address, you cannot subscribe to
  the digest as we cannot reach you. We will not correct your address
  for the automation - that's your job.

HAVING TROUBLE posting, subscribing or unsusubscribing? See the HBD FAQ at
http://hbd.org.

LOOKING TO BUY OR SELL USED EQUIPMENT? Please do not post about it here. Go
instead to http://homebrewfleamarket.com and post a free ad there.

The HBD is a copyrighted document. The compilation is copyright 
  HBD.ORG. Individual postings are copyright by their authors. ASK 
  before reproducing and you'll rarely have trouble. Digest content 
  cannot be reproduced by any means for sale or profit.

More information is available by sending the word "info" to 
req@hbd.org or read the HBD FAQ at http://hbd.org.

JANITORs on duty: Pat Babcock (pbabcock at hbd dot org), Jason Henning,
                  and Spencer Thomas



----------------------------------------------------------------------


Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 05:55:07 -0400
From: "steve.alexander" <-s at roadrunner.com>
Subject: RE:  Hop processing ...

David Houseman writes,
> (2) some hops are very prolific, others 
> didn't fair as well.  Could be my climate or soil
After 6 years I can say that certain varieties are more vigorous and 
productive
than others.  I'm quite sure it's the variety, not the growing conditions.
> (3) Nylon tent stakes 
> make good line terminations and a board with eye hooks for the other end. 
> I used heavy bailing twin to support my hop bines.
>   
I use notched wooden stakes, ... tent-stakes sound good.   The sisal 
twine is common
bailing twine and you can get a huge amount for $10-$15 at any farm 
supply store.
I suggest the cheaper sisal to the plastic stuff - as it's biodegradable and
lasts a full season in the weather - no problem.
> So I had 6 x about 12' of bines.   I started at one end and took the 
> hop cones off and placed these in brown grocery bags.   It only took me a 
> Sunday afternoon to complete this task.
That's the right ballpark.   I'm dealing with ~4x as many  twines and 
probably
20% longer (?filter?), so processing  gets tedious.  I agree that when you
calculate the time - growing hops isn't  a great investment.  Most years my
hops are relatively late, well into September ((lots of overcast)) but
I can probably start picking in August this year.  Grapes are far ahead of
a typical year too.  ((maybe I'm upwind of Al Gore's place))

Weeding the bines is a b*tch too.    I always intend to gylphosate the area
before the hops break the surface - but I'm always late.

 -S



Return to table of contents


Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:37:48 -0400
From: beerdan at optonline.net
Subject: Re: Zymiugy Collection


> 
> Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:00:15 -0400
> From: Ed Westemeier <willowwolf at me.com>
> Subject: Zymurgy collection
> 
> For the benefit of anyone who might be interested, there is currently  
> an eBay listing for a set of the last 20+ years of Zymurgy magazine  
> (well, almost all of them).
> You can go to eBay and search for Zymurgy to find it.
> This would be a fantastic reference source for someone who wanted to  
> see both the technical and the "artful" side of homebrewing.
> 
I never thought about selling them. I have every issue going back to 1991 
and was thinking of offering them up to anyone who wanted them.. just pick 
them up. Will watch this auction and see what he finally gets.




Return to table of contents

---