Shop closed last year
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Shop closed last year
I brewed a batch of bitter last year with bramling hops that I really like. Unfortunately the only shop I ever saw that carried them went out of business.
I'm just here for the beer.
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Re: Shop closed last year
It might be a wise idea to move to the UK Rookie, where we have a plentiful supply 

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Re: Shop closed last year
We can send Bramling Cross hops to you, we are sending a fair few varieties, especially English, to the States now.
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Re: Shop closed last year
I'm too old to make such a major move.bitter_dave wrote: βThu Mar 06, 2025 10:20 pmIt might be a wise idea to move to the UK Rookie, where we have a plentiful supply![]()

I'm just here for the beer.
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Re: Shop closed last year
Bramling cross I can find, but I'm talking about bramling.borischarlton wrote: βFri Mar 07, 2025 10:50 amWe can send Bramling Cross hops to you, we are sending a fair few varieties, especially English, to the States now.
I'm just here for the beer.
Re: Shop closed last year
Bramling Cross are quite an old hop (i.e pre-Wye Target or Wye Northdown varieties). I've never seen the Bramling parent for sale even here in the UK (wasn't it crossed with a US variety?). I think the conclusion is: It wasn't commercially successful. May have been a fine flavoured hop? But I'd be suspicious of what you were actually being sold!
I wouldn't lose sleep over it. There are loads of UK varieties to try instead.
But if you find anyone selling them ...
I wouldn't lose sleep over it. There are loads of UK varieties to try instead.

But if you find anyone selling them ...
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Re: Shop closed last year
I get it.Rookie wrote: βFri Mar 07, 2025 4:49 pmI'm too old to make such a major move.bitter_dave wrote: βThu Mar 06, 2025 10:20 pmIt might be a wise idea to move to the UK Rookie, where we have a plentiful supply![]()
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You've got nearly ten years on me, and I'm pushed to relocate as far as the bus stop.
After drinking a pint of my beer, I'm pushed to recognise where I've ended up. (Is it my living room? Is it my dining room? Is it my house?).
Cask-conditioned style ale out of a keg/Cornie (the "treatise"): https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwzEv5 ... rDKRMjcO1g
Water report demystified (the "Defuddler"; removes the nonsense!): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing
Downloads are not available while they undergo enhancement and modification ... 1/1/2025
Water report demystified (the "Defuddler"; removes the nonsense!): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing
Downloads are not available while they undergo enhancement and modification ... 1/1/2025
Re: Shop closed last year
You might want to keep that quiet, all things considered. Some people will do anything for money. Like heroin dealers. Personally, at this point in history, I wouldn't piss on America if it were on fire. Forget about Trump's tariffs. Boycott with some dignity, ffs.borischarlton wrote: βFri Mar 07, 2025 10:50 amWe can send Bramling Cross hops to you, we are sending a fair few varieties, especially English, to the States now.
Re: Shop closed last year
According to this source, you could try searching for Bramling Hops in British Columbia, Canda:
https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/2 ... 21284.html
https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/2 ... 21284.html
Re: Shop closed last year
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Be who you are
Because those that mind don't matter
And those that matter don't mind
1. Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, thoroughly used, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming... "f*ck, what a trip
It's better to lose time with friends than to lose friends with time (Portuguese proverb)
Be who you are
Because those that mind don't matter
And those that matter don't mind
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Re: Shop closed last year
Cool, but unfortunately because of the large trees on the empty lot next door there isn't anywhere on my property that gets enough sun to grow hops.IPA wrote: βSat Mar 08, 2025 8:54 amYou could grow your own.
https://sandyridgefarmsinc.com/product/bramling/
I'm just here for the beer.