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episode 8: Hopper Homestead - As local as your backyard
Dave and Marc continue their conversation with Corey. This one is probably a bit more informative… But just as fun!
Jargon warning… Sorry. Marc tried to keep Dave on track and away from all the jargon to varying degrees of success.
Mash basic steps
Some microbiology basics on how we get sugars from protein
Sparging
Boiling
Cooling (or not)
Fermenting
Bottles and kegs and cans Oh MY!
Hops Growing (Near and dear to Dave's heart)
A Brewers Bouquet; The Hop Flower
How to grow
Rhizomes
Full plant
Spring or fall planting
Male and Female plants! Who knew!!!
Stages of Hop Growth
Rapid Growth of vegetative bines
Side arm development
Burr growth on side arms
Cone growth
Lupulin development
On bine drying
Hop Drying
Low heat lots of air movement
Delicious smelling garage
Vacuum bags
Green hop beer
Hop Additions
Mash / First Wort Hopping - Aroma
60 minute /Bittering Additions -lots of bittering
60 - 30 minute / Flavor additions/light bittering
0 minutes Flameout additions
Primary fermentation / Hazy fermentation (Dave forgot this one!)
Post fermentation / Dry Hopping
Ingredients matter- Shop Local
Equipment
Basics (extract)
Turkey Frier and a 8 gallon (SS) pot
Basics (Partial Mash)
Extract basics + Grain and grain bag
Basics (Full mash)
Electric or Gas?!
Mash vessel (big kettle, igloo cooler) with devent temperature control
Boil Kettle (big vessel to boil entire work volume)
Hot Liquor Tank (Vessel for keeping water hot)
Method for maintaining mash temperature
HERMS (Heat Exchange Recirculating Mash System) or RIMS (Recirculation Infusion Mash System)
Direct fire vessel
Lots of thermal insulation
Fermentation Location!
Cool and temperature stable location
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The Southern Growl (again!)
Wicked Weed
Yakima Valley Hops