Dark Virginia: Process or Actual Leaf?

[woodsroad]

Maybe…. I never mashed barley.

Several different enzymes, already present in the grain, activated at increasing temperatures, break the starch chains down into sugars. The resulting sugar-rich solution (called Wort) is then boiled to precipitate out proteins, hops are added, then fermented. Same idea with other starch-based beverages.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Several different enzymes, already present in the grain, activated at increasing temperatures, break the starch chains down into sugars. The resulting sugar-rich solution (called Wort) is then boiled to precipitate out proteins, hops are added, then fermented. Same idea with other starch-based beverages.

Except you don’t have to add yeast.

 

[woodsroad]

Except you don’t have to add yeast.

Cultured yeast is added to ensure uniform, predictable fermentation results. Fermentation can occur naturally via wild yeasts and/or bacteria. Think sour dough, sour mash, traditional lambic beer.

 

[shanez]

@cosmicfolklore

Do you have a link or can you provide a picture from a seed catalog of the different seeds/seedlings available?

I'm curious to see the nomenclature used in advertising/sales.

 

[woodsroad]

Cherry Red, Ukrainian, Canadian, and VAGold25, are a few brightleaf varietals…. Like burley.

I know that you didn't mean that Burley is a Brightleaf, but what DID you mean?

 

[karam]

I've got like that at with Gh curly cut deluxe, now I've tasted beef burgers on a barbecue it just won't go away.
Fortunately I'm fine with the ropes, just as well because that's the bulk of my cellar.

Really? I never did, thankfully, really love GH Curly Cut Deluxe, about to order more of it come next payday. The ropes I struggle with nowadays.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I know that you didn't mean that Burley is a Brightleaf, but what DID you mean?

There is no “Virginia” category for seeds. Brightleaf is like burley in being a category.
“We” pipesmokers and cigarette users think of “virginia” as a category, but if you’re shopping for seeds and want a “Virginia” look for the term “brightleaf” in the description.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

The most confusing thing when learning how to grow and cure “Virginias” (as we know it) was learning that growers, processors, manufacturers, and blenders all use vocabulary and terms differently. They all have different jargon, which made asking questions difficult.

 

[shanez]

growers, processors, manufacturers, and blenders all use vocabulary and terms differently. They all have different jargon, which made asking questions difficult.

I had a suspicion that was the case.

I also suspect they are obfuscating the horticultural term variety with either cultivar and/or plant variety.