Hops Direct announced this years crop

[alikocho]

@thomasbarnes

@alikocho

I hadn’t thought about being paid to do the research, more that I would get a modest advance on a book. I’m a university professor in Russian History, so actually research these sorts of things for a living.

AFAIK, nobody’s written anything in English on the history of brewing of brewing in the X-USSR/CIS or the former Warsaw Pact nations. Even after the Berlin Wall fell, Michael Jackson didn’t venture that far into Eastern Europe. Currently, the only book in English I know of on brewing or the beer scene in Eastern Europe is the CAMRA Good Beer Guide to Prague, which obviously doesn’t cover the entire country.

I’ve run the literature search, and there’s nothing in English on brewing in the former USSR. There’s not really anything in Russian either. It seems it’s worth doing.

[hopfenundmalz]

@alikocho

@gordonstrong

I’m still amused by the thoughts of hops from Kursk.  Instead of type T-90, they are type T-34.  Aroma of cordite and diesel.

That was a thought that hadn’t occurred to me.

Put’s a whole new meaning on the notion of of hop-bombs.

(for those confused here, Kursk was a battle on the Eastern Front in the summer of 1943. It remains the largest tank battle in history. The T-34 was a Soviet Tank.)

Some may have needed the explaination, but I was laughing when I read Gordon’s post.  Some say the T-34 was the best tank of the war.

[bluesman]

Has anyone tried the SaraBrianka hops yet? What kind of aroma/flavor do they lend to the finished beer?

[alikocho]

I’ve tried the Russian version. See my earlier description on page 1 of the thread.

[bluesman]

@alikocho

I’ve tried the Russian version. See my earlier description on page 1 of the thread.

Sorry…I missed that. Have you used them yet?

Thanks  :)

[alikocho]

@thomasbarnes

I’m also intrigued by an obscure Ukrainian beer (or beer brand) called “Bile” - which, despite the horrible name, is a tasty light-bodied slightly sour wheat beer which splits the difference between an American wheat and a Berlinerweisse.

Bile (pronounced with a terminal ye) is the Ukrainian word for white. The Russian equivalent is Beloe. I’ve had stacks of these in Moscow and Petersburg, and yes, they do fall between an American Wheat and a Berlinerweisse.

[thirsty_monk]

@alikocho

@thomasbarnes

@alikocho

I hadn’t thought about being paid to do the research, more that I would get a modest advance on a book. I’m a university professor in Russian History, so actually research these sorts of things for a living.

AFAIK, nobody’s written anything in English on the history of brewing of brewing in the X-USSR/CIS or the former Warsaw Pact nations. Even after the Berlin Wall fell, Michael Jackson didn’t venture that far into Eastern Europe. Currently, the only book in English I know of on brewing or the beer scene in Eastern Europe is the CAMRA Good Beer Guide to Prague, which obviously doesn’t cover the entire country.

I’ve run the literature search, and there’s nothing in English on brewing in the former USSR. There’s not really anything in Russian either. It seems it’s worth doing.

If you find any Czech or Slovak brewing text I can help you to translate it.

[b-hoppy]

After looking at the information here:  Serebrianka (21045) it looks like it very well could be an old continental variety with the tiny sidearms and low alpha and cohumulone.  The problem with many of these older varieties is that they are generally really poor producers no matter where they’re grown.