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All Things Food / Re: Growing food - The Garden Thread

« on: April 09, 2013, 03:16:03 PM »

Apricot looks to pop today.  Hoping for a nice harvest this year. No snow on the horizon yet.

I knew I should not have typed that, or even thought about it out loud.
Yep, snow and hard freeze tonight. 

I plucked my 3 spears of asparagus out of the garden this morning. 
Good thing I was able to stalk a couple pounds at my secret spot. 
Seems you need a n-ton of asparagus plants in the garden to get a meaningful harvest?

Got those peas in finally.  They had been soaking in a water glass for a week; germinated and had a nice little root poking.

Morticai:  Perennial chard? That sounds fantastic. Is it perennial because of where you live, or is it actually perennial?   The stuff I have here might be a bi-annual here if I let it.

Cheers.


 

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All Things Food / Re: Hot tip

« on: April 09, 2013, 02:57:02 PM »

Hold the salad please
but bring me a little sugar.   

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All Things Food / Re: Growing food - The Garden Thread

« on: April 05, 2013, 05:55:25 AM »

Wow. Very nice Andrew!

I need to plant peas.  Today maybe. Anyone soak peas prior to planting, or just dry to the hole?
 
Vert!  I see an asparagus poking up.  Nice and white.  ever tried keeping them buried eurostyle?

Apricot looks to pop today.  Hoping for a nice harvest this year. No snow on the horizon yet.

Cheers.

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Ingredients / Re: citra, sorachi ace, centennial

« on: April 05, 2013, 05:42:24 AM »

Hey, a little late to the party here.

I have tried this combo a couple times and I really like it.
one caveat:  and don't gasp your onion breath, but I add summit to the mix.

First attempt: Mix=.5 oz Citra, .5 Sorachi, .5 summit, .5 Cent

FWH 1oz Sorachi
2oz of mix @ 15, 10, 5, 0

My latest attempt had this hop sched:

2oz Crystal FWH
.5 Warrior @ 60

.5 Cent, .5 Summit, .5 Citra, .5 Sorachi @ 15, 5, 0 and hopstand

Dry hop (keg) 1oz Summit, 1 Cent, 1 sorachi, 1 Crystal


So, my trials of this combo have Summit in the mix, so perhaps it is not comparable.
However, I would urge you to add the sorachi.  I think the Citra is a little powerful over the sweet Cent.
You need something to cut that, to my tastes anyway.

Good luck.

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The Pub / Re: Any Lord of the Rings fans here?

« on: March 23, 2013, 06:46:01 AM »

I am a fan.

Loved the movie; it was my first 3D experience   so that may have had something to do with it.

I actually wanted to see it again.

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Hop Growing / Re: Bamboo Stakes?

« on: March 23, 2013, 06:38:57 AM »

I am going to say fresh bamboo stakes are a little smooth for good bine growth.

However, extending the twine down the bamboo, and perhaps circling the stake a couple times on the way down, will allow the hops to climb the bamboo.

True, probably not needed, but might be a nice visual as the plants fill out.

You might think about not pruning too much back on your first year plants.

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All Things Food / Re: What's for Lunch?

« on: March 19, 2013, 05:55:14 AM »

Hey, it is breakfast time here, and that sammich looks mighty tasty Phil.
I hate feeling self conscious about taking pictures of my food to post online.

Lunch.  I just packed a field breakfast/lunch.  Blueberry yogurt, banana, a couple pieces of cold wicked good pizza, mini doweled carrots, half of a suspiciously good looking green cucumber, some kinda healthy pseudo potato chips and a baggie of Whoppers made to look like Easter eggs.

I am still on coffee.

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The Pub / Re: A day at work

« on: March 19, 2013, 05:35:54 AM »

Wow, that is a pretty cool system. 
Do you change out the walls depending on the type of show?


I especially appreciated robot walking dude around :50. 

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Beer Recipes / Re: Nelson Pairings

« on: March 18, 2013, 07:12:07 AM »

I think Nelson/Simcoe/Chinook will make a killer IPA.

+1.  I recently went with a Mosaic and Nelson pairing.  Still fermenting.
Good luck.

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Going Pro / Re: blending beers

« on: March 18, 2013, 07:10:08 AM »

Interesting Jeff.  I will look for that talk.

Major...what ideas do you have for potential blending?  No worries if you do not want to give out your secret strategy.

I have been thinking about the possibilities of an "American Radler".  Perhaps a pale or American wheat mixed with 'homemade lemon-lime soda'?  You know, a nice spring spritzer for the masses? mmmm, the Yellowhammer Shandy!

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Going Pro / Re: blending beers

« on: March 17, 2013, 07:57:21 AM »

It's pretty easy to blend liquids. Like, fill the glass halfway with one, then fill it the rest of the way with the other.

The only place I've had that done was at the Rockslide (which you probably know), and the bartender did that to compensate for flaws in the beers.

 , funny stuff.  That place could definitely use some creative bar tending.


I am thinking about blending prior to the bar stool, so your concoction comes out of the tap.
Like, as a brewer, you actually thought about the blend, calculated ratios, carbonation levels, etc.

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All Things Food / Re: Growing food - The Garden Thread

« on: March 17, 2013, 07:47:55 AM »

last years started poking out about a month ago.

Wooee!  Volunteer potatoes are excellent; always the first new potatoes to be harvested here.
 
I caught the first yellow rhubarb leaf poking up yesterday, as well as a few garlic shoots.

Made the mistake of deciding on a new spot for peas and cucumbers
right where a Centennial crown has been living for a few years.
Holy crap, removing an established hop plant by hand is no fun.

Also got the fruit trees trimmed. 
I love to prune, but am bad about picking up the branches.

Yea, hear ya Vert on the potato rotation. 
Wish I had some raised beds I could swap out!  Making new potato beds is a chore.

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The Pub / Re: truth serum

« on: March 17, 2013, 07:31:33 AM »

  What kind of beer?

I might imagine something sneaky and not too heavy.

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Hop Growing / Bravo hop rhizomes

« on: March 17, 2013, 07:25:33 AM »

Are available if anyone is interested.

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Going Pro / blending beers

« on: March 17, 2013, 07:16:31 AM »

At the tap.   Is this possible? 

Anyone know if there are breweries blending beers on purpose?