Most versatile hop

Went to the homebrewer section.

 

Going into a tangent here, but worth the effort anyway.

GMO crops are not necessarily all that is evil. Humans have been using genetically modified plants ever since seeds have been planted. Any ancient moron knew that the fruit or vegetable from the plant that produces the best harvest is going to be the one that will be used to produce next years harvest. Those genetics were carefully selected, even if it took multiple generations of harvest and continual improvement.

BUT, what about when one company monopolizes our food supply? Looking at you Monsanto. What about when the GMO is specifically designed to allow for the use of certain pesticides and herbicides? ... Monsanto... And what happens when we have little choice in any of this?

The use of GMO crops comes with a lot of baggage. I'm not even saying pesticide and herbicide is always bad (ask a starving dirt farmer how they feel about it) only that GMO has social, economical and environmental implications.

Cheers

 

And plants have pandemics too. What if something like Chestnut Blight targeted the one or 2 GMO grains still being grown 20 years from now? Mass starvation, thanks to GMO's. While it may not be "efficient" in the economist's lingo, diversity is essential to survival. This concept applies to everything from job skills to the survival of a species.

At least we have plenty of diversity in hop varieties!

 

I agree with what others have said. I'll just point out that the GMO yeasts we've seen on the market are using very modest tweaks to DNA, such as turning off STA1 or expressing lactic acid production more strongly, and that they're being manufactured by companies like Omega and Lallemand, not Monsanto. It's pretty obvious to me that GMO can be used for good or bad (if you really want to consider the high stakes version, note that scientists are proposing eliminating entire species of mosquitos through genetic manipulation). So you're not going to resolve the debate in the abstract, but I would use GMO yeast without hesitation.

 

Ha.
Yeah.

I await the demise of the Cavendish banana. As a non-banana eater it may be the wake up call the world needs to see our misguided ways.
Who am I fucking kidding?

 

Was that the year that Denny Conn and Drew Beechum talked about their book?

 

Funny! I just realized I have not eaten a banana in several years and do not miss them. The "apple bananas" I saw in Hawaii and Costa Rica many years ago might be a different matter (if they are even still around).

And the Cavendish banana, like the Red Delicious "apple", did not even use any genes from snails or bacteria...

 

Huummmm
I remember sugar bananas in hawiaa.
Hahhahaahahaa

 

NO! I eat 2-3 bananas a day. No demise.

 

I would try several like Cluster or Cascade. Chinook can have poor yields

 

Probably, as it was Drew's first time there. I was hanging out with my wife, Denny, and Annie Johnson most of the time.

 

Chinook does the best for me, Cascade next best. Centennial is the worst American hop for yield. I should rip out the European hops, all yield next to nothing.

 

If you hung with Denny then we probably met. I was the brewing with hot peppers presentation right after them. Denny and I are in the same Brew Club.

 

Yes we did meet and chat for a while.