Archive for the ‘Hops Growing’ Category
Sunday, August 8th, 2010
Judging by my amateur hop yard (out front of the house) different types of hops grow at different speeds. This makes sense based on how many varieties of apples or tomatoes there are, but the variation in my hops was more than I expected. Harvesting everything at once does not ...
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Monday, May 31st, 2010
The second year hops have really taken off. It is only the end of May, and two of the plants have already grown 10 feet! I am amazed at how quickly they have grown this month given we only had a few days of nice weather. For the most ...
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Sunday, May 9th, 2010
Here's a friendly notification to all brewers who own dogs:
If a dog eats hops it can be fatal!
A study conducted by the National Animal Poison Control Center, University of Illinois in Urbana in 1995 showed this to be true. Of the eight dogs, seven were Greyhounds, one was ...
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Sunday, March 28th, 2010
Compared to this time last year, the hops are huge! They are now second generation and should yield a lot more cones this fall. These hops have been in the ground for 12 months. They sprouted early because of the warmer winter in Oregon. I noticed ...
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Saturday, February 27th, 2010
Updated for the 2009 harvest. New varieties added - thanks to everyone who wrote in!
Alpha Acids from hops contribute to the bitterness in beer. During the boil alpha acids are isomerized and increase international bittering units (IBUs). This site has an IBU calculator.
Hops also contain beta acids, which contribute to ...
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Saturday, October 10th, 2009
It’s the season to harvest, and if you’ve been diligent and foresighted, you have a nice crop of well-labeled hop plants, and have no need for this article.
However, if the labels you planted next to the vines have faded & run since you planted them, or if your hop harvest ...
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
Now that you have spent the entire growing season diligently caring for your vines, it is time to harvest what can turn out to be copious amounts of hops on healthy, mature plants. The following will cover some guidelines for you to follow in order to assure that you ...
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Monday, August 17th, 2009
It is almost that time of year - the hops harvest! For us, Centennial, Mt. Hood and Hallertau are almost ready. Nugget is not yet ready.
Harvesting and storing hops:
It is time to pick when the petals on the cones just start fading to brown.
The vines ...
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Monday, July 13th, 2009
The cones are starting to form on the hops plants outside. I just wanted to share a few pictures.
This one is hallertau:
This is from nugget:
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Friday, July 3rd, 2009
All six new rhizomes sprouted this year. Some are doing better than others. Nugget is doing the best, while cascade and magum are lagging. They were both hit with excess water during a storm. The gutter overflowed right on top of them for an hour. It was painful ...
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