Hello,
My name is Charles Ryan and I would just like to introduce myself to y'all. My better half, Jessy Wysmyk, and I have a small farm on the Amherst Shore that we started 4 years ago. We have a small 1 acre hopyard that is roughly 225 Golding plants (4th year) and 225 Cascade plants (4th year), about 200 second year Hallertauer Mittelfrüh and 50ish Tettnang. We are big fans of beer and do some basic homebrewing when we have time. We would like to learin more about brewing and how hops affect beer.
So far our hop harvests have gone to Garrisons 3 Fields Harvest Ale and Picaroon's Harvest Ale and we are hoping to have a bigger harvest this year that we can package and dry. I understand that some people think that hop growing might not be profitable in the maritimes (and maybe they're right!) However, it is the course we've set for ourselves so... we'll let you know in a couple years!
Cheers!
Charles
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Re: Hello from Wysmykal Farm, a small hopyard in Amherst
Really enjoyed your hop contributions to the Picaroons Harvest ales this past year, not to mention the veggies I get at the Sackville Farmer's Market.
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keep up the good work"Twenty years ago — a time, by the way, that hops such as Simcoe and Citra were already being developed, but weren’t about to find immediate popularity — there wasn’t a brewer on earth who would have gone to the annual Hop Growers of American convention and said, “I’m going to have a beer that we make 4,000 barrels of, one time a year. It flies off the shelf at damn near $20 a six-pack, and you know what it smells like? It smells like your cat ate your weed and then pissed in the Christmas tree.” - Bell’s Brewery Director of Operations John Mallet on the scent of their popular Hopslam.
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At Alexander Keith's we follow the recipes first developed by the great brewmaster to the absolute letter. 
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Glad you finally joined us. I still have some of the Chinook you gave me last year in my freezer.
Andy
"Now son, you don't want to drink beer. That's for Daddies, and kids with fake IDs." - Homer J. Simpson
"Now son, you don't want to drink beer. That's for Daddies, and kids with fake IDs." - Homer J. Simpson
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"He was a wise man who invented beer." - Plato
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Re: Hello from Wysmykal Farm, a small hopyard in Amherst
Welcome to the brewnosers.
I hope you turn that small farm into a profitable large farm one day.
I hope you turn that small farm into a profitable large farm one day.
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Good Luck & Welcome
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