Just a brief “aw, crap, has it really been over two weeks since my last post?” post, really, but I thought this was interesting.
It would seem that there’s a variety of hops that’s been registered recently known as the “Teamaker” variety. It’s got all the magic bacteria-stopping power of a hops plant, but composed of almost entirely the non-bitter component. I’m not sure how hard it would be for me to get them to send me a plant or two to evaluate it’s usefulness for yeast cultivation (as an anti-firmicutes antibiotic) and for controlling the growth of bacteria in fermented foods and drinks…
House-hunting (“Yep, these are house droppings all right. Fresh ones too…” [everybody’s seen that Monty Python bit, right?]) in southeast Texas and the related travel (both in the area here and between here and the other abode in southeastern Idaho) is eating my life at the moment, but I’ll try not to neglect the blog so much.
More to follow.
Hey, I know this is from like 4 years ago, but there are sites online that are selling the crown. I bought a Columbus plant from Great Lakes Hops in Zeeland, MI. They sell hop crowns and ship it pretty quick. They threw in a teamaker plant for free. The teamaker plant is growing rather quickly, as is the Columbus plant.
I thought I’d tip you in that direction if you’re still interested.
Thanks for the tip! I’ll have to look them up and see if I can get one going!