@Spivonomist @Gormogons explain?
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Replying to @MorlockP
@MorlockP@Gormogons To raise revenue, the House of Commons instituted a surtax on hops, then a German import.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Spivonomist
@MorlockP@Gormogons It ended under Empire, when beer needed to be preserved for the long voyage to India.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Spivonomist
@Spivonomist@Gormogons hence highly hopped (for preservation ) IPAs - India Pale Ales.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MorlockP
@MorlockP GP Microbreweries in NY are paying farmers to start growing hops here again. A plant disease killed them all off.@Spivonomist1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@Gormogons@Spivonomist We've already ordered our hops plants; they arrive in the spring. Earlier:https://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/666063700189540352 …ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs added,
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@MorlockP GP Hops get wicked tall, grow up ropes, IIRC. They also smell awesome.@Spivonomist1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Gormogons
@Gormogons@MorlockP They smell awesome for a backyard batch. Industrial farms reek up entire valleys.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Spivonomist
@Spivonomist@MorlockP GP Mmm, industrial farm stank. "Ah, the smell off the manure retention ponds really makes this a bucolic retreat."1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Gormogons
@Gormogons@Spivonomist Joel Salatin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Salatin … says "if it smells like manure, you're doing it wrong". He's for big-scale >2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@Gormogons @Spivonomist but against what he sees as a lot of the stupidity of factory farming methods. An interesting character.
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Replying to @MorlockP
@MorlockP GP But factory farming gives us cheap, yummy meat I don't have to hunt and kill! Love it. LOVE IT!@Spivonomist0 replies 0 retweets 1 likeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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