TAHammerton
Grandmaster Brewer
Hi, it's Tom here - previously from Hawaii. I have been going through some big life changes and have been off the forum for a while and even (gasp) stopped brewing for a few months!
I have moved from Maui to Wellsboro, Northern Pennsylvania and as crazy as that sounds it is good for my brewing! We bought our first house which has a full basement. I will eventually be putting in an all electric system down there but there are lots of house projects that have to get done first. It is a 2 acre property and I will be putting in some test hops in the spring with a long term goal to open a small hop farm which eventually will be around 20 acres and include a 3 barrel farm brewery. But that is still several years off.
In the mean time I have had the good fortune to meet Chris and Rob of the Wellsboro House Brewery. They are expanding the brewery to a 10 barrel system which should be up and running in January and have asked me to be their assistant brewer. As well as the normal tasks of cleaning and sanitizing they have asked me to be responsible for the yeast harvesting. I am very excited about the project and am very grateful for them to give me this opportunity.
So I am going to be very busy learning everything I can about hops, yeast and commercial brewing and you can expect me to be more active on the forum both seeking and sharing information.
I remember that someone commented on my IPA recipie and said I needed a hop farm as it contained 9oz of hops. Well my best IPA recipe actually contains 13oz of hops, so I guess I REALLY need that hop farm now! Well that process will start in the spring!
I have moved from Maui to Wellsboro, Northern Pennsylvania and as crazy as that sounds it is good for my brewing! We bought our first house which has a full basement. I will eventually be putting in an all electric system down there but there are lots of house projects that have to get done first. It is a 2 acre property and I will be putting in some test hops in the spring with a long term goal to open a small hop farm which eventually will be around 20 acres and include a 3 barrel farm brewery. But that is still several years off.
In the mean time I have had the good fortune to meet Chris and Rob of the Wellsboro House Brewery. They are expanding the brewery to a 10 barrel system which should be up and running in January and have asked me to be their assistant brewer. As well as the normal tasks of cleaning and sanitizing they have asked me to be responsible for the yeast harvesting. I am very excited about the project and am very grateful for them to give me this opportunity.
So I am going to be very busy learning everything I can about hops, yeast and commercial brewing and you can expect me to be more active on the forum both seeking and sharing information.
I remember that someone commented on my IPA recipie and said I needed a hop farm as it contained 9oz of hops. Well my best IPA recipe actually contains 13oz of hops, so I guess I REALLY need that hop farm now! Well that process will start in the spring!