#74: Harvest Prep, Some COVID Talk, and Gunk
This episode is mostly about getting ready for harvest, but we do start out with some discussion of labor and demand during this strange year. Also Gunk, Shnibbins, Goop, Coyotes & Frogs.
Tag: plants
#73: Hop Chemistry with Joe
We tried something different this week and recorded a Zoom call with our friend and chemist Joe. The video version will be on our YouTube channel. In all honesty, the audio isn’t up to our usual standards but it’s still usable. My (Gregg’s) is pretty muddy, but since my contributions to chemistry are usually just […]
#71: The Dunning-Kruger Effect
We pretty much know everything there is to know about hop growing and the beer market, so now it’s time to dive into psychology. The Dunning-Kruger Effect can be summarized as the “inability of people to recognize their lack of ability”. So why are we talking about it? If you think you know enough to […]
#70: Greenhouse Logistics From Both Sides
As a hop grower you want your plants healthy and on time. When you’re the greenhouse plant provider you want the same, but dates can move, shipping is complicated and you end up spending as much time in Customer Service as you do in the actual greenhouse. A look back on our time running a […]
#68: Nutrients Part 2
We focus on micronutrients in part two of our Nutrients miniseries. The highlight of this episode is listening to Gregg try to pronounce “molybdenum”. Seriously. At timestamp 24:10. Totally worth it.
#67: Nutrients Part 1
Welcome to Part 1 of two weeks of nutrient management glory. We talk about the importance of nutrients and the visual cues to determine if you have a problem. First we get into Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium, your Big 3, along with some of the secondary nutrients. Week 2 will be dedicated to the micronutrients, […]
#66: The Uninvited Opinion
Dude. DUDE! John here, your friendly neighborhood taproom server. I’m a homebrewer when I’m not slinging suds and have lots of opinions about the beer you’ve been drinking. Learn about me, some other caricatures of taproom servers and how to put the right faces in front of your beer on this week’s episode.
#65: Roots!
We hope you’re feeling like some hard-core horticulture today. James digs into roots, we continue the campaign against bull shoots, and there might be a Ferris Bueller reference in there somewhere.
#64: Mythbusters!
We thought about just doing a montage of James making faces at bad questions, meme-style, but instead we spent 45 minutes complaining about bull shoots, weekend warrior hop farming, a Toyota Camry Tractor and every other question that it feels like we’ve answered 1,000 times already.
#62: Hops Aromas and Brewery Re-openings
There is so much going on in this episode. First we get into a long discussion of hop aroma sensory analysis, of course filtered through the Bionic Nose that we call James. Then there’s the future of taprooms and what we can expect to see once restrictions are lifted. Along the way we share Gregg’s […]