It’s July! Yikes!
I have come to think of this wild, irrationally exuberant, green time of year as the interlude between winters. Come sit on the porch and watch the show. It goes so fast.
Blasty Pride is on tap. A raspberry wit with a hint of chipotle, Pride is a summery refresher brewed for Pride Month!
Rhute Fo-ah Rhubarb IPA, and MacMenigall’s Mark India Brown and Charley Mopps Stout are all on tap.
Blasty Amber, Tiny Trailer Pale, Beerfield Hefeweizen and Farmers’ Alchemy Saison are all in the fermenters.
Look for the introduction of michiladas here at the Blasty soon! A michilada is a summery thirst quencher made with lime, tomato juice, spices and beer. We made one with Blasty Amber and it was delicious. If you’ve had one before, you know what we’re talking about.
Aside from some tweaks, the hop yard is done. Plants are vining their way up the strings. A couple of them are 8 feet high already. These plants are just babies and so they won’t yield much, if anything, in the way of hops this year.
We’ve planted Cascade, Magnum, Chinook, Fuggle, Hallertaur Mittelfruh, Vista, Comet, Sorachi Ace, Crystal, Galena, Alpharoma and Bitter Gold varieties.
Jed has got a bunch of farm produce available in the farm stand. Make sure to stop in when you visit to see what Crook and Scythe Farm has on offer.
The streetsweeper brush, which for all the world looks like an ET’s idea of a Christmas tree, is getting daily use by very appreciative cows. Another brush will be mounted horizontally for the pigs. They are gonna love it!
Thanks for reading and we look forward to seeing you!
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