
hopnology: Hop Growing and Brewing for Craft Beer
Business & Economics Podcasts
Join us as we discuss hops in all forms from rhizomes to finished craft beer.
Location:
United States
Description:
Join us as we discuss hops in all forms from rhizomes to finished craft beer.
Language:
English
Website:
http://www.hopnology.com/
Email:
gregg@hopnology.com
Episodes
#183: Requiem
5/1/2023
This is it, folks! We wanted to call it Hopnology: Endgame but those Disney folks are a litigious bunch.
Duration:00:22:11
Hopnology Classic: Business Plans
4/24/2023
We talked about the fact that we should talk about it for a loooong time. Then we finally talked about it.
Duration:00:52:52
Hopnology Classic: 7 Stages of your business
4/17/2023
When there isn’t a plan and you ride the wave, where can your new business take you?
Duration:00:49:13
Hopnology Classic: If you liked it then you shoulda put a bag on it
4/10/2023
All that hard work in the field, precision drying, and then you store the hops in a garbage bag with a chip clip?
Duration:00:40:29
Hopnology Classic: Pelletizing
4/5/2023
Our first foray into the Pelletizing process. Not just the How, but also the Why.
Duration:00:43:40
Hopnology Classic: Fantasy Hopyard
3/28/2023
This was a fun “what if” episode. If you could have anything in your hopyard, what would it be? You’ll be surprised at the pain points that come up early.
Duration:00:41:33
#182: James vs Chat GPT
3/24/2023
What’s more fun than watching James fight with people online? Listening to him fight with a computer.
Duration:00:40:06
#181: Thiols
3/14/2023
We’re on a Sciency Science roll and this week it’s about thiols. More of the magic that exists in your hops if you only know where to look.
Duration:00:36:32
#180: Homeostasis (that means balance)
3/7/2023
There are so many variables in your yard, and they all work in tandem with each other. That’s why the answer is so often “it depends”. What does it depend *on* though? Two new episodes in a row? Hmm. That’s curious…..
Duration:00:35:05
#179: Another Dive Into New Brewer
2/28/2023
The latest issue gave us a treasure trove of topics, including gluten free brewing, non-beer products from breweries, and Gregg’s favorite topic of “pumpkin” beer.
Duration:00:38:38
Hopnology Classic: Drying Study
2/21/2023
For many many many years we’ve talked about low temperature drying in order to retain the hop characteristics that we’re growing these things for in the first place. We did what we do, which is to Science It for an answer. Guess what happened?
Duration:00:44:29
Hopnology Classic: Brewer Questions
2/14/2023
Such a fun episode, reflecting on all of our observations of watching hop growers try to sell to breweries.
Duration:00:37:37
Hopnology Classic: Pivoting
2/7/2023
It was the episode that launched a thousand future rants. When to know when to change.
Duration:00:43:44
#178: Dry January and Crop Consultants
1/31/2023
A counterpoint to the NA boom and what to look for in “hop experts”.
Duration:00:40:18
Hopnology Classic: Hop Storage
1/24/2023
Harvested, dried and pelletized. Now what do you do with them?
Duration:00:41:34
Hopnology Classic: Harvesters
1/17/2023
A deep dive into harvesters, and a look back to Gregg’s first major rant.
Duration:00:42:04
#177: Bright and Shiny
1/11/2023
We say goodbye to Vermont legend Ray McNeil. Then, how to resist the Bright and Shiny allure of new hopyard tools – or maybe they’re just toys?
Duration:00:39:58
Hopnology Classic: Hop Yard Tools
1/3/2023
More listener mail! Sprayers, tractors and other fun toys.
Duration:00:42:47
Hopnology Classic: Selling at Beer Festivals
12/29/2022
When don’t brewers want to buy your hops? When they are navigating hundreds (thousands?) of drunken consumers at a beer festival.
Duration:00:42:32
Hopnology Classic: When to Harvest
12/22/2022
It depends. It depends. It depends. You get it.
Duration:00:46:01