Hop porn

[pharts]

Didn't see one here. I am gearing up for my first batch of beer, and hope to dry hop with my Cascades and Centennials. 2nd year plants getting beefy and dank.

 

[user 306809]

Don't pick em early!

 

[pharts]

Don't pick em early!

I figure they have a few more weeks left to ripen. I did my undergrad capstone on Hop growing/acids. Worked on some farms in MI.

 

[quirkzoo1]

12ft pole attached to fence, two chinook rhizomes, 3rd year.

Edit: took a picture of the whole plant.

 

[user 306809]

Here's my Fuggles. This is all I grow, mostly because picking them sucks.

 

[stakem1]

i didnt take any pics of my entire plants this year prior to chopping them down. i harvested this weekend and filled a 6.5 gal bucket with just my cascades

 

[ncaudle]

3rd year Chinooks I harvested this weekend (only 2 rhizomes worth)

there's a few monster stakem cones in the bottom right drying pan

 

[quirkzoo1]

Soon.jpg

 

[Sage1]

Wait, I thought there would be rabbit costumes in here?

 

[pharts]

Wait, I thought there would be rabbit costumes in here?

 

[stakem1]

I still have some cones on the bines but im throwing in the towel on harvesting this year. Last night all of the cascades were dry enough to package. Kinda hard to imagine this but a 6.5 gallon bucket filled with wet cones ends up only being ~20oz once dry.

 

[quirkzoo1]

Quite a few wound up having some aphids (or something similar) in them. Anyone have experience with this in processing hops?

 

[deadmolecules]

Had the pleasure of dropping a box of fresh hops into the kettle for Pinthouse Pizza's forthcoming Wet Hop IPA!