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U.S. Senator Charles Schumer today unveiled his plan to make malt barley eligible for federal crop insurance for New York farmers, as in other states.</div>
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Joined by local legislators, farmers, and brewers, Schumer announced his plan to push the Small Business Administration and the Department of Agriculture to include malt barley in federal crop insurance. Over the next decade most New York State Craft brewers will be required by state law to source 90 percent of ingredients from local farms and malt houses. At Albany Distilling Company, the Democrat said action by Congress wouldn’t be needed to make the necessary changes.</div>
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"The good news is, we don't need legislation," Shumer said. "All we need is the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture with a flick of his pen to make malt barley here in New York state eligible for crop insurance. I'm here today in the Capital Region to announce that I'm going to push him very hard and hard and hard until he gets that done."</div>
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Schumer said in order to match demand for the crop used in local breweries, farms need to produce 15 times more malt barley, and farmers are less likely to plant the crop without insurance.</div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">In Absentia Luci Imperial Stout</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">In Absentia Luci aged in French Oak, Red Wine Barrels</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">In Absentia Luci aged in Van Brunt Malt Whiskey Barrels</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">In Absentia Luci aged in Van Brunt Rye Whiskey Barrels</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">In Absentia Luci aged in Van Brunt American Whiskey Barrels</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">In Absentia Luci aged in Van Brunt Rum Barrels</span><br />
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Micro Pirate Farmershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18376783920670984609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268828965167304033.post-28594540441841181632014-12-14T08:25:00.000-08:002014-12-14T08:28:47.206-08:00Indian Ladder Stout At Other Half Brewery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's not an alien spacecraft. It's a 4 ton grain bin for storing barley.Micro Pirate Farmershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18376783920670984609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268828965167304033.post-5748687724623765562014-12-02T10:51:00.001-08:002014-12-14T08:56:31.004-08:00ILFIPA<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: 12pt;">“This excellent hoppy beer shows what New York State brewers and growers can do when they get together,” said Dietrich Gehring, who grew the hops and barley on Indian Ladder Farms, in Altamont, New York. Gehring provided the brewery with 500 pounds of malted barley and 25 pounds of hops, including a local heirloom variety called the Heritage Helderberg Hop, which was discovered growing wild on an old farm in Albany County’s Hilltown region and is now being propagated by Gehring. The barley was even malted in New York at Farmhouse Malt in Newark Valley.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: 12pt;">Gehring and his wife, Laura Ten Eyck grow hops and barley on Indian Ladder Farms, which belongs to the Ten Eyck Family. They were encouraged in their effort by New York State’s recently adopted Farm Brewery Law. This law, introduced by Governor Andrew Cuomo, encourages the production of beer brewed with ingredients grown in New York State.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: 12pt;">Gehring is currently building a new business in association with his wife’s family farm called the Indian Ladder Farmstead Brewery and Cidery. While the new business applies for licensing, Gehring is working with C. H. Evans Brewing Company in Albany, and Other Half Brewing Company in Brooklyn to produce beer made with hops and barley grown on Indian Ladder Farms. </span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 48px;">Raise a glass to the Dutch Barn!</span></em><span style="color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 22px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 21px;">Join the Carey Institute and CSArch as we unveil schematics<br />for the Dutch Barn: Farm Brewery Incubator and help us<br />kick off our fundraising campaign</span><span style="color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 22px;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 27px;">Read more about the barn and brewery incubator here:</span></strong><span style="color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 27px;"><br /><a href="http://careyconferencecenter.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bb7573bab9eb9d8d212a1caa4&id=43ed7839f5&e=593038d5c0" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><em><span style="color: #6dc6dd; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 21px;">Dutch Barn: Farm Brewery Incubator Brochure</span></em></a></span><span style="color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 22px;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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Micro Pirate Farmershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18376783920670984609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268828965167304033.post-84711435935763570082013-06-04T13:07:00.002-07:002013-06-04T13:07:48.864-07:00You need Barley to make Malt<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Growing hops was Phase One of the farming project at Helderberg Hops Farm. With 100 hops in the ground last year and 1,000 more this year. The hop farming is well under way. Phase Two: Can we grow barley of good quality which can be malted and used to make beer. After a visit to see Andrea Stanley at</span><a href="http://www.valleymalt.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Valley Malt</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: black;">i</span></span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">n Hadley, Massachusetts last spring I thought we should give it a try. Well turns out you can’t just buy any old barley seed. Barley comes in two-row and six-row. Which to plant? Or, more accurately, what kind can you get? Being that barley has not been grown for the beer industry in New York State for a long time none was available from local seed sources. I put in a call to Andrea, who, as a grower of barley, could feel my pain. She a gave up 100 pounds of Endeavor winter barley--for a price. I liked the idea of winter barley for two reasons. One, it would get a good head start on the weeds and two, it should be ready to harvest in early July. Barley doesn't like hot, humid weather.</span></span></div>
<b id="docs-internal-guid-4d5f5d3a-10bb-8b48-191f-3e91575257ab" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></b>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;">As this is an experiment I did not invest in a grain drill, which is a piece of equipment you with the broadcast way. Winter barley in this part of the world wants to be planted in mid September. Unless it rains all of September and you pull behind a tractor to plant seeds. As there is not a lot of grain farming in Albany County, none of my neighbors have one to borrow--so I thought. So I went So I went with the broadcast way. Winter barley in this part of the world wants to be planted in mid September. Unless it rains the whole month of September and you can’t get on the field until mid-October. We started our barley planting with good seed, a poor planting method and a late start. The Endeavor was growing nicely even with the late start. Around mid-January we had some very cold nights--negative ten, and the wind came up and blew the snow cover off the barley.</span></span></div>
<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></b>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Large brown dead areas appeared in both one acre fields. What to do? As this is an experiment I started looking for some spring barley. I called Andrea. No call back. She must be sick of people like me looking for seed. So I called the only other maltster I know--Marty at</span><a href="http://farmhousemalt.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">FarmHouse Malt</span></a><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> in Newark Valley, New York. Marty says he knows a guy outside of Rochester. I find</span><a href="http://www.coldspringsorganic.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cold Spring Farm</span></a><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> has 100 pounds. of Lacey six-row spring barley seed and organic to boot.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So now I’m on the hunt for a grain drill. For months I had been looking on craigslist and asking every farmer I ran into. I had my uncle scouting the Mohawk Valley. April 15th is the magic date for both spring barley and taxes. You have to beat the weeds. Turns out I find out on craigslist that our beef farming neighbors, the Millers, have had a grain drill hiding in there barn all along. By pure coincidence I see the post and call five minutes. after they listed it. For $200. including delivery, we are the proud owners of a 25 year old McCormick International 16 X 7 grain drill. On April 15th one acre of Endeavor is turned under and is replaced with one acre of Lacey. </span><img height="8px;" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/mbi341W7Q2J6IQ5lPRX9jZ29Q-7N0cIdez_iQcmaQ5sPL5VQM_TF6Sd6sDQRajEUR42d9a60SegDvLH3vTiCV2gwWn3W86pWdbKzhvP8jD65js5RBCKxJjbi" width="20px;" /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></div>
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<br />Micro Pirate Farmershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18376783920670984609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268828965167304033.post-12131398354238568192013-05-28T12:10:00.000-07:002013-05-28T12:10:57.335-07:00The Helderberg Hop Farm is born.<b id="docs-internal-guid-704fc2a8-ec86-e22f-9c39-e76660c29df8" style="font-weight: normal;"></b><br />
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-704fc2a8-ec86-e22f-9c39-e76660c29df8" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Helderberg Hop Farm started in 2012 with 112 hills of hops. 50 Brewers Gold, 50 Centennial, 4 Cascade and 8 Heirloom Helderberg hops. I planted Cascades, Fuggles, Saza and Willlamit 20 years ago with only the Cascades surviving. Last year I planted the pilot yard of 50 Brewer’s Gold and 50 Centennials to see if I could do this on a larger scale.</span></b></div>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-704fc2a8-ec86-e22f-9c39-e76660c29df8" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Brewer’ Gold and Centennials were chosen for two reasons. One they are both reasonably disease resistant and I wanted to have a high alpha aroma hop (Centennial) and good hardy bittering hop (Brewer’s Gold). Also I had read that Brewer’s Gold was an old variety that was once grown in New York.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As word of my new adventure got out I received an email from Daniel Driscoll. He wanted to know if I would be interested in having some heirloom helderberg hop rhizomes. Well sure I would take a few. I was thinking of planting a few hops along the end of our barn as a way to make a little shade for a beer garden. First year hops are not that productive. You might get enought cones for some home brew. The Brewer’s Gold produced about a 2lbs of cones the Centennial’s about ¼ lb. The Cascades after 20 years of producing very well where a disaster. Cones all turned brown two weeks before harvest. Upon close examination it a periers the irrigation line running to them got clogged. They must have heard this was no longer a hobby and was going to be farming. The Helderberg Hops produced 2lbs of cones. From 8 first year rhizomes. That gave me enough to send a good dry sample to </span><a href="http://www.hopunion.com/10_AlphaAnalytics.cfm?p5=open" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alpha Analytics</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> which is the hop testing part of </span><a href="http://www.hopunion.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hop Union</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> in Yakima, WA for testing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What would the test show?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We know that </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriaen_van_der_Donck" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Adriaen van der Donck</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> reported to the</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: black;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patroon" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">patroon</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiliaen_van_Rensselaer_(merchant)" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #0b0080; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kiliaen van Rensselaer</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> that wild hops were growing here in 1642. We know that the English and the Dutch had brought hops over very early on. I have read the some varieties grown here were Cluster, Pearl and Brewer’s Gold. I was really hoping they were not Brewer’s Gold. <span style="background-color: black;">The test came back as</span></span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Alpha 5.7 and Beta 3.4 </span><img height="551px;" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/fwNNpAGNhXczgXRCA6pkMotV7YBWyckihKHf4hnzDGQUYthJ_J53BwnRiMwFm5mO8iJQE6yE33vP4QKbttJzh_tYbfZgKnwwwEmTE0tk71pEKE50c6q3Vhht" width="460px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The closest corresponding hop variety is Cluster. Alpha 5.5 and Beta 4.5</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So there you have it a local climatized survivor from the last century. </span></div>
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</b>that he got these hops in 1970 from Earl & Alvina Williamson in Berne, NY.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And the Helderberg Hop Farm is born.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This year we will be planting a full acre of hops. 1000 hills in all. We will have 5 varieties.</span></div>
<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Nugget, Centennial, Brewer’s Gold, Cascade and The Helderberg Hop (Cluster)</span></b>Micro Pirate Farmershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18376783920670984609noreply@blogger.com1