Episode 69 – Sunshine Hop Dreams and Disastrous Days

Two big things on today's show as we get ready for HomeBrewCon! The first, we asked you for your Brewday disasters and boy did you deliver. So we're going to run through some of our favorite stories of things gone horribly wrong. And in more positive and hopful news, Drew talks with Richard Smith of Florida Hops, LLC about the challenges of pulling off the improbable - growing hops in the humid heat of Florida. We'll find out new techniques he's establishing and the impact of Florida terroir on our favorite hops! Episode Links: BrewSwag.com - Use Code "Experimental" and save 7.5% and give 7.5% to our charity fund! BrewCraft USA Party - Weds 6/27 - https://www.facebook.com/events/172239400103257/ HomeBrewCon: https://www.homebrewcon.org/ Canadian Homebrewers Association: https://canadahomebrews.ca/ CHA Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/525220428/canadian-homebrewers-asso... Greenbush Thoughts on Mental Health: https://sommbeer.com/scott-sullivan-from-greenbush-describes-mental-heal... Shmaltz Brewing Sells Brewery, Returns to Contract Brewing: https://dailygazette.com/article/2018/05/21/shmaltz-sells-clifton-park-b... Florida Hops, LLC: http://floridahopx.com/ Brief Cases by Jim Butcher: https://amzn.to/2K1rbX4 BYO Subscribe! https://subscribe.pcspublink.com/sub/subscribe.aspx?guid=cc79fade-90d7-4... Habitat for Humanity - https://www.habitat.org/ Patreon Remember even a buck is good for charity: http://www.patreon.com/experimentalbrewing Experimental Brew Store - https://www.experimentalbrew.com/store Episode Contents: 00:00:00 Opening & Our Sponsors 00:03:26 Announcements & Feedback 00:10:33 The Pub 00:30:10 The Library - British Museum 00:21:22 The Brewery - Disasters 00:54:00 The Lounge - Richard Smith - Florida Hops, LLC 01:24:09 Quick Tip & Something Other Than Beer This episode is brought to you by: American Homebrewers Association BrewCraft USA Craftmeister Jaded Brewing Mecca Grade Estate Malt PicoBrew Wyeast Labs YCH Hops Interested in helping Denny and Drew with the IGOR program (aka help us run experiments!) - contact them at [email protected]. We want more Citizen Science! In the meanwhile, subscribe via your favorite podcasting service (iTunes, etc). Like our podcast, review it - talk it up! If you have comments, feedbacks, harassments, etc, feel free to drop us a line at [email protected]. Follow us on Facebook (ExperimentalHomebrewing) or Twitter (@ExpBrewing). If you have questions you'd like answered in our Q&A segment, send an email to [email protected]! Don't forget you can support the podcast on Patreon by going to http://patreon.com/experimentalbrewing This episode can be downloaded directly at https://www.experimentalbrew.com/sites/d... Podcast RSS Url: http://www.experimentalbrew.com/podcast.rss