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Category: Sciency Science

#151: The Complete Guide to Alpha Acids

Gregg
Sciency Science | January 17, 2022

Alpha Acids.  Isomerization.  Spectraphotometry.  Lightstruck.  It’s chemistry day at Hopnology (hi Joe!).

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#146: Thankful for Embodied Energy

Gregg
Sciency Science | December 13, 2021

What are we thankful for?  Carpet.  Seriously though, this week we talk about the concept of embodied energy and how it relates to hop production, the beer industry and our own personal footprint on the environment.

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#143: Hops & Machine Learning

Gregg
Ag Tech, In The Field: Pests & Disease, Interview, Sciency Science | November 22, 2021December 6, 2021

Hopnology listener Bob Scruggs reached out to tell us about a machine learning model that he’s developed to identify issues with your hops.  This could get very complicated if you want it to…and that’s how we like it!

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#133: Soil

Gregg
In The Field: Plants, Sciency Science | September 13, 2021

Don’t call it dirt. Dirt is dead. Soil is alive (insert Vincent Price laugh)!  Bwah-ha-ha-ha!!!!!

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#131: Bittering Components

Gregg
Aroma Science, Rants, Sales & Marketing, Sciency Science | August 30, 2021

Is this a rant, sciency science or a marketing discussion?  I’ve listened to it three times and I’m still not sure.  Polyphenols and all kinds of -humulones run rampant as we discuss addition timing and where hop bittering comes from.

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#130: Breeding Part 2

Gregg
Hop & Beer Market, Sciency Science | August 23, 2021

Okay, we’ve talked about the HOW behind hop breeding.  Now let’s examine WHY you would do this.

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#127: Breeding Part 1

Gregg
In The Field: Plants, Sciency Science | August 2, 2021

In another installment of “they asked it on the Discord” we discuss the sciency-science around hop breeding.  Haploid, diploid, triploid.  We get all ploidy on you this week.

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#121: Fertilizer Theory

Gregg
In The Field: Plants, Sciency Science | June 21, 2021

The History of Fertilizer.  Why it works, how it works, potassium, potash and coprolite.  Sounds like a bunch of crap if you ask me.

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#108: The Scientific Method Part 2

Gregg
Business Management, Sales & Marketing, Sciency Science | March 22, 2021

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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#106: The Scientific Method Part 1

Gregg
In The Field: Operations, In The Field: Plants, Sciency Science | March 8, 2021

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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