Hey gang,
Chuck (of Butternuts) and John Braunius (Butternuts/Braunius Farms) asked me to send out an open invitation to anyone who wants to help pick hops this weekend at Braunius Farms. They’ll be picking all day Saturday and Sunday, by hand because unfortunately, the mechanical picker that was acquired for the use of area hop growers “ended up being garbage”. They’re a little desperate for help because everyone was counting on finally having a machine to do the work, and now they don’t. HOPS for hops???? The address is 140 Quinlog Rd., My. Vision, NY. I will make every attempt to get there myself, hope you do too; our community needs us! Troops, consider this a rally call! Chuck says, “Beer, hops & maybe even a found love could await!”

If you can make it, either reply to this post, or shoot me a text or email and I’ll let them know to expect you. Thanks brothers and sisters. 

Hey Hopheads! I hope your bines are doing better than mine…where the heck is summer?!?! Hopefully the weather turns around in time for our August meeting, which will be another picnic-style outdoor meeting. This time we’ll be meeting at Frank’s and Matt’s houses (their back yards abut one another, forming one super back yard!) in West Oneonta, map below. The address is 3932/3938 St. Highway 23. Frank asks that we RSVP to him, as they plan on treating us to a huge chunk of meat, cooked on his outdoor rotisserie, and they need to know just how huge of a chunk to cook! (I hear it will at least be a turkey). Frank’s numbers are 607-267-4758 (H) and 607-437-5601 (C). As noted above, things will kick off around 1 pm, with the food ready around 3 (subject to the wiles of outdoor cooking).

So prep your brews, your lawn/camp chairs, and a side dish for another great HOPS summer(?) party! Topics of discussion will be our “field trip” and whether or not to vote in a new President or VP, and perhaps we can revisit our experiment to see if consuming yeast before drinking really prevents intoxication (Todd, you’re coming, right?).

See you there.

…to anyone who shows up this Weds. 8/6 around 3:30 to help set up the new walk-in cooler. No experience necessary! Please email Roger at [email protected], or RSVP on the Council Rock Facebook page. See you there! -Wes

P.S. Roots opens this Friday!!! I’ll see you there as well! Cheers to the Roots Crew.