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	FORUM ON BEER, HOMEBREWING, AND RELATED ISSUES
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Contents:
  re:Bishop's Finger ("oobyjooby")
  Bishops finger ale ("Bill & Sara Frazier")
  Bramling Cross (Calvin Perilloux)
  Bishops Finger hop profile? ("Rupert Hodgkins")


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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 23:44:29 -0400
From: "oobyjooby" <oobyjooby at cs.com>
Subject: re:Bishop's Finger

Sounds like it is Maris-Otter malt and E. Kent Goldings.

have fun!


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Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 00:26:07 -0500
From: "Bill & Sara Frazier" <bsfrazier at att.net>
Subject: Bishops finger ale

Check "bishopsfinger.co.uk"...info on the site says hops are East Kent 
Goldings.

Bill Frazier
Olathe, Kansas 



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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 08:34:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: Calvin Perilloux <calvinperilloux at yahoo.com>
Subject: Bramling Cross

It appears that I have won a packet of Bramling Cross hops
from a recent competition.  An 11-pound packet, to be precise.
But I honestly have never used these before, so I don't know 
what to expect.

I've dug up various information, both good and not so good,
about this variety, and the most encouraging bit that I have
seen so far is that Bramling Cross is the hop that gives 
Ruddles County (bitter) its character.  

Since I enjoyed Ruddles County when I was living in the UK, 
it's not a bad thing knowing that they use Bramling Cross, 
but I'd certainly appreciate any and all comments that fellow 
homebrewers have had with these.  Not repeats of what you get 
off the web, though!  I've already got those, saying it's 
"interesting" and "characterful" and "underappreciated",
among other (scary) things.  I'm specifically looking for your 
own first-hand experience with Bramling Cross, if possible.

Thanks,
Calvin Perilloux
Middletown, Maryland, USA



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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 15:53:54 +0100
From: "Rupert Hodgkins" <RHodgkins at shepherd-neame.co.uk>
Subject: Bishops Finger hop profile?

Long time lurker here.

Rowan, I feel qualified to answer your question. Bishops Finger uses
Target hops (grown in Kent) for bittering and East Kent Goldings as the
late hop.

Regards,
Rupert

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Registered Office 17 Court Street, Faversham, Kent, ME13 7AX, United Kingdom Telephone +44(0)1795 532206.
Website: http://www.shepherd-neame.co.uk

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