#146: Thankful for Embodied Energy
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.
Tag: hopyard
#145: Chad @ The Bineyard
Hopnologist profile! We sit down with Chad to learn more about his path into hop production and expansion into the world of distribution. http://www.thebineyard.com/ https://drinknycraft.com/
#144: Fans! – not that kind
You’re our fans, and we love you all. However, this episode is about moving air around, not you. We’ll get to you later.
#143: Hops & Machine Learning
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!
#142: Harvest Report and Survivor Bias
After a Halloween retrospective we (eventually) get to the 2021 Hop Harvest report, then segue into another one of our IPA theories. This centers around a concept called Survivor Bias which can be boiled down to being stuck in a market where there are IPAs to the left, IPAs to the right and you’re the […]
#141: IPA Bros
How does the IPA trend continue to perpetuate? There’s actually some psychology to discuss here. Activation energy, risk tolerance and FOMO. Plus, Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW8amMCVAJQ
#140: Your First Hire
At what point is it time to start paying people for the work you’ve been doing yourself?
#139: Twine
It’s our show, we can talk about whatever we want, and today it’s twine. Mechanical spiders spinning PLA twine? You heard it here first.
#138: Alt Brew
Trevor Easton from Wisconsin’s Alt Brew joins us to talk about what’s missing in his beer. Hint: it’s gluten! As if brewing wasn’t difficult enough, Trevor takes us through the additional obstacles inherent in operating a gluten-free brewery. www.altbrew.com
#137: Leave Me Alone!
Sorry, I had to. All about leaf biology.