hopnology: Hop Growing and Brewing for Craft Beer

Delighting your existing and potential customers with great service isn't always easy when you're knee-deep in the field.  However, you'll be knee-deep in unsold inventory if you don't prioritize it.  Plus, some new audio stuff to announce!

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Moving hops from Point A to Point B.  Pretty simple, right?  Not so much.

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Orthonasal and Retronasal aroma differences.  Because calling it “what's that smell” was just going to be too easy.

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BC is, of course, Before Crop.  What do you need to do before you even think about planting?  Envelopes of dirt, out of service telephone poles and the irrigation/shower tradeoff lead the discussion.

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Let's talk about drying.  Again.  A rare case where we replace “do whatever you want” with “do it this way, or it's wrong”.

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It's Part 2 of the Scientific Method, but this time we're taking the methodology to your business.  There's nothing magical about this: framing the right question, gathering data and removing bias will point you in the right direction in the field and on the spreadsheet.

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It's your first year of hop production.  What makes this year different from other years?  Where should your expectations be set?

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You changed something in your hopyard between Year 3 and Year 4.  Yield went up.  Did your single change make a difference?  This week we dissect the Scientific Method and how to properly set up your experiments (insert maniacal laugh here).

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We were going to simply call it “mail bag” but this title is more appropriate.  A mixed bag of stuff that we've been asked over the last {covers mouth and mumbles} months.  Rapid-fire hop chemistry, burnback, mathematical theories, carotenoid degradation and more.

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Cans vs bottles, rainbows on labels, and packaging safety.  Also why you don't take James to your favorite brewery.

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