Homegrown hops

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Homegrown hops

Post by Davin » Fri Aug 01, 2008 3:34 pm

3.7 oz of wet cascade hops from the one plant that produced this year.

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Post by JohnD » Fri Aug 01, 2008 4:26 pm

Congrats!! :beer2 :beer2
The way mine look.....better luck next year. This year, nothing but spindly vines
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Post by sirgiovanni » Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:52 pm

My fuggles are starting to bud, but it's not going to be much this year.

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Post by Davin » Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:33 pm

A couple of my willimette are budding, but nothing like the cascade.

The Cascade ended up being 1.75 oz once dried.
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Post by kbhale » Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:42 pm

How do they smell?

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Post by Davin » Fri Aug 01, 2008 11:10 pm

Like cascade, but not quite as strong.
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Post by JohnD » Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:47 pm

I picked about 10 oz. of hops from my brother's vine. Dried down to about 2.5 oz. He's not sure what kind they are, but there is at least twice this amount still to be picked. Probably we will use these for flavor and aroma only :D
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Re: Homegrown hops

Post by john mills » Thu Mar 18, 2010 9:30 am

Spring is here!!!
I moved the heavy mulch from the top of my Cascade, and found buried treasure.
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Re: Homegrown hops

Post by Don » Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:12 pm

Spring is here!!!
I moved the heavy mulch from the top of my Cascade, and found buried treasure.
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Re: Homegrown hops

Post by john mills » Tue May 18, 2010 6:02 pm

2 months to the day since my last pic in this topic. I've got cones. I guess I should have pruned a few of the early bines back to slow growth for a later harvest.
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Re: Homegrown hops

Post by john mills » Thu May 20, 2010 9:51 am

I found this from a hop growing forum
http://www.brewlaboratory.com/
Lab testing of homegrown hops for $24. Expensive if you only got a little bit, but waaaay cheaper than anything else.
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Re: Homegrown hops

Post by Chris Norrick » Thu May 20, 2010 9:53 am

I'm jealous. My one survivor from last year is about 6 foot tall. The other 5 first years are only about 2 foot tall.
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Re: Homegrown hops

Post by john mills » Mon Jul 26, 2010 4:59 pm

I did a 2nd picking today of my lone (small) Cascade. First picking only resulted in about a hand full. Close to 10 oz wet. So I figure close to 2 oz dry. It'll all go in a flavor addition for a wet hop ale.
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Re: Homegrown hops

Post by sirgiovanni » Mon Jul 26, 2010 5:50 pm

Awesome. I had a bad year. The fuggles were not so hearty this year.
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Re: Homegrown hops

Post by john mills » Mon Jul 26, 2010 7:47 pm

After picking the Cascades, I went and checked my Centennials growing in a 5 gallon bucket. I picked 2 oz from them. They're just getting started. Nice big cones. My hands were sticky from the yellow luplin after picking them. Great aroma.
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