Harvest 2015 Growing 1 beer per square foot!

[@ElGatoLoco698]

You are the man! I think it's awesome what you are doing. None of this pre malted ready made or extract crap. Grow it yourself! Malt it yourself. Brew it yourself!

[@geoffreyslack7831]

I watched some of your videos over winter and grew a patch of barley this year. Inspiration! Just harvested some that seemed ready -- heavy rain pushed some stalks to ground so I had to do a bit early perhaps -- we will see. Thanks again and thanks for great videos

[@hansplourde]

nice little gold mine of information this channel cheers!

[@DanABA]

Good yield! I am looking forward to seeing the malting process, if you are planning on videoing that! Cheers!

[@BrewingBeerTheHardWay1]

Dan ABA Hey Dan check out my KZbin channel for some malting videos. Cheers!

[@segarza]

I can hear little feet scurrying around you in the barley patch...hehe Which hop varieties do you have growing? "One beer per square foot"...I think that would be a good title for a homebrew/gardening book. Love your videos man!

[@BrewingBeerTheHardWay1]

segarza No doubt, they're around, just not interested in the barley this year. I have Fuggles, Brewer's Gold and Cascade. They're in pots and are not happy this year- just too hot. Cheers!

[@Jason-iz6ob]

228 beers. What will you do for the other 11 months of the year?

[@RockonBeerBlog]

Awesome video. Looks like a really good yield this year. Already have the beers planned? Have you tried smoking your own malt yet? That could be a cool video. Looking forward to the Gambrinus tour video. Cheers man!

[@BrewingBeerTheHardWay1]

Rock on Beer Blog Great suggestion, I had an old video on smoking malt but some judges hated the beer I made from it, what the hell do they know eh? About time for a redo, smoked malt - now on the list, I've got some old cherry wood ready to go. Cheers!

[@Theandrew189]

So the drill tool (Sheetrock mud mixer) with the chains are used to seperate the barley from the stalk? Is that correct? Then you just use a fan to blow the stalks away and collect the grain like that?

[@JFDyment]

Yes, that's correct. I usually fill up the bucket to about half way with the seed heads.

[@citizen_koehn]

Do you save some seed for planting the following year? Would you save them at this stage? Or prior to harvesting for malting, while it's still green?

[@BrewingBeerTheHardWay1]

Yes I save the seed from the biggest and earliest heads for next year. You should harvest only when dry (golden colour)

[@Rookie_DIY]

Great video. Love the name. Cheers!

[@jerryfranck1]

Inspired by your videos, I planted Conlon and Robust barley over 400 sq. feet. After some issues with wild turkeys, I seem to have a number of good stalks coming up. However, only 2-6 seeds per stalk! Any tips for increasing yield? We only got 1.5 pounds...

[@BrewingBeerTheHardWay1]

+Jerry Franck That's too bad, it sounds like there is a problem that's affecting the whole crop which could be anything that is causing stress like too much heat, too much shade, lack of water, or a soil problem. Also make sure you plant early enough or try planting in the fall. I use a lot of compost made with seaweed, horse manure, straw and leaves and I try to keep my soil covered at all times with either a mulch or a cover crop. Just don't plant rye where you plan to plant barley. Hope this helps. Francois

[@lidobeachtowersmanagement9841]

would a 6" in diameter grow bed be enough space to grow barley for a 4-5 gallon of beer?

[@PeterSedesse]

6/2 * 6/2 * 3.14= 27 beers :)

[@lidobeachtowersmanagement9841]

@@PeterSedesse so in "i am not that smart" terms means its enough for 27 beers?

[@PeterSedesse]

@@lidobeachtowersmanagement9841 yeah. Based off of his math of a beer per square foot. Area of a circle is pi x r x r. R is half the diameter. There are 12 ounces in a beer and 128 ounces in a gallon, so you are looking at about 3 gallons for your 6 foot growbed.

[@lidobeachtowersmanagement9841]

@@PeterSedesse thanks alot for taking the time to break that down for me cheers

[@MakRocksMr]

Awesome work mate. Do you still do it?

[@BrewingBeerTheHardWay1]

Yes, check out the blog, just made a buckwheat beer that I'll post soon

[@ObjectiveComplete]

So can you harvest once a year for Barley?

[@BrewingBeerTheHardWay1]

Here in Canada, yes once a year

[@bloopymoops6155]

Hi, thanks for the video. How did you thresh the grain? edit: oop sorry just watched on!

[@BrewingBeerTheHardWay1]

Hey Jonny, here's a link to the other video anyway, cheers! brewingbeerthehardway.wordpress.com/category/threshing/

[@ryanmichalski7420]

Hey I was woundering how can I flaked barely ( rolled barely) myself at home.

[@BrewingBeerTheHardWay1]

Ryan, flaked barley is unmalted barley that has been cooked, flattened and dried. If you want to add raw barley to a mash you can skip the drying step and mill it, then boil it, let it cool then add it to your mash or boil it and use it to raise the temperature of your mash. If you wanted to dry it I guess after you cook it you could mill it and then dehydrate it somehow, sounds messy.

[@StratBeer]

Great vid

[@BrewingBeerTheHardWay1]

Strat Beer Thanks!

[@MowAndGoLawnCare]

can you replant the grains

[@BrewingBeerTheHardWay1]

Yes absolutely

[@tonyricchiuti9878]

That is cool? That is very cool? Naw, that is very very very very cool. Now, give me one of those beers. Give it to me now!!!

[@jeffjefferson3364]

If I can grown enough barley on an acre for over 40000! Beers! I'm going to be a millionaire