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I came across this free Brewer's Association manual which appears to be an excellent resource for anyone interested in draught beer systems: http://draughtquality.org/ Enjoy! Bill Velek, www.tinyurl.com/BVELEK => to my 'homebrew' sites

My "HomeBrewer's Garden" book says to use a sharp knife, but I've found it a lot it easier to use pruning shears -- like you would use to prune a rose bush, etc. Cheers. Bill Velek

This page on the World Community Grid website -- http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewAboutUs.do -- says: "As part of our commitment to advancing human welfare, all results will be in the public domain and made public to the global research community." And that has always been my...

Semi-on-topic As homebrewers, we've watched with some dismay as barley prices have jumped dramatically, along with most food prices. Part of that has been attributed to acreage being diverted to corn for ethanol production, and is probably true in large measure. Other factors include the...

Yes, I know ... and 'Grow-Hops' is an International group with members from around the world including Australia. But the upcoming rhizome exchange is limited to the U.S. because of import/export customs laws which would make it either way to difficult to send a freebie across the border or...

Our free Grow-Hops group SPECIALIZES in the topic of growing ingredients to brew beer -- primarily hops but some minor coverage of barley and brewing-herbs, too. Now with 1,140 members, including some professional growers/farmers, we're undoubtedly the largest and best resource about growing...

Actually, he said (or at least implied) both ... as follows ... ... which I believe clearly means $165.00 per kilo of HOPS, and not alpha acid ($1,100/kilo for 100% AA) ... and then, in another post, he said ... So, given that 15% is high alpha acid (I can't recall ever seeing anything higher)...

Yes, that could explain PART of the disparity, but hardly very much of an '8 times' factor. As I undertand it, in the U.S., commercial growers have 900 plants per acre; 1 acre = .405 hectares, so that's at the rate of 2,222 plants per hectare. In the U.S., commercial production varies from...

snip my list of questions for a survey to compare crop yields under a few conditions You're not being 'difficult', Lochy. We're just engaged in a friendly discussion here, and you've pointed out some definite shortcomings in my limited survey. I was aware of those things but didn't ask...

... coupled with .... ... and I deduce -- ($1,200/$165=7.27kg/plant=16pounds in U.S. weight) -- that you are claiming they grow about EIGHT TIMES the U.S. yield on their hop plants down in Australia. Frankly, that's a bit hard to believe. Have I misunderstood you or have I made a math error...

Not to beat a dead horse, but would some of you hop growers mind posting some data about your crops so that we can do some comparisons and try to learn more about any effects of latitude and/or vernalization; I recently received a comment from a grower in South Africa who made this remark: That...

Actually, wouldn't it be that the HIGHER the latitude, the MORE twilight hours? Not only is daylight LONGER during the summer in higher latitudes, culminating in 24 hours of constant daylight each day at the South pole, but the closer you get to the pole, the lower the sun is on the horizon...

Reading the various replies which disprove the conventional wisdom which is given so often -- almost universally -- is GREAT news for me and other hop growers throughout the world. Not ever having tried to grow hops besides in my present location at latitude 35, and also not yet experiencing...

The recommended latitude for growing hops is from 35 to 55 degrees in both the northern and southern hemispheres, but hops can often be grown outside that band. I have broken this post down into labeled sections in case you prefer to go straight to your own area of the world. After reading...

Thanks. I've just added "Cannabaceae" as a source for Australia here: http://tinyurl.com/2bhn6q -- via eBay, along with "HopsWest". Since the time of my post in this thread last December 11th -- two months ago today -- Grow-Hops has added 340 new members, so we now have 935 members. A couple...

I took some photos with my wife's digital camera, after I sprayed all the dirt off of the crown. I still need to post them somewhere, but she's at work and I don't know where the cable is or even how to do it <duhhhhhhh>. Cameras are not my 'thing'. Anyway, the crown does have a lot of buds...

Don't the rhizomes need to have 'buds' on them, or at least some special features which would distinquish them from an ordinary piece of root? This has been a debatable question in our group: what's the difference between a "rhizome" and just a chunk of root, and will the latter sprout? ... or...

You make a good point, but let me clarify that I did NOT put just a "rhizome" in the refrigerator; I actually dug up one entire CROWN, which measures about 1 foot by 3 feet and is half a foot high (30cm x 91cm x 15cm), and it is taking up the entire bottom shelf of my refrigerator. It will be...

Thanks. You've confirmed the need for vernalization and one possible approach. Where I live we've often have WEEKS of winter weather that is higher than the apparent recommended vernalization temperature, which is supposed to be about six weeks long. I'm trying to avoid the possible necessity...

For those who grow hops or are considering it, I have a couple of bits of information that you should find interesting. First, most homegrowers have no idea of what the alpha acid content of their hops is; I've done a LOT of searching and reading in a LOT of forums, and up until now the...