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Still a long way to go until harvest, then the real hard work begins. It's a lot of work during some stages in the season.

Growth has surged in the past 2 weeks. We'll be picking Cluster in the next week or so. Chinook is just starting to flower, and Victoria and Cascade are well into burr stage.

Wow! That's a **** load of poo flies.

That's the one! :)

If you dried them at a lower temperature (under 38C), you won't smell any hop aroma as you have not blown off any volatiles. It's a good thing if they don't have huge aroma coming out of the dehydrator. You may have also picked a bit early. Give one a bot of a rub and smell it. If the aroma...

Hops also need a cold winter (vernalisation) in order for them to flower well the following season. Might be worth putting them in the fridge over winter.

Don't use them if you see webs on them. You can't avoid bugs and spiders, they will exist on the plants so try and screen them out. The last thing you want is to dry hop with a dead spider sitting in your fermentor. If you see a lot of webs, it could be spider mite and that is considered a...

I would not use that as any indication. Wind can blow them off the cones. I posted a video a few pages back that will give you a good idea of when to pick. As Rocker1986 says, should have a very papery sound when rolled in your fingers. I like to pick them late as they tend to have more flavour...

Completely normal...they'll fall off by the time the flowers are ready to pick. Part of the process of going from burr to cone.

I've had this happen with a rhizome...it grew back the following year.

This could also be micro nutrient deficiency, possibly boron. Do you have a decent general fertiliser that covers the micros? Low pH can also lock nutrients out even if they are available to the hops.

Hops are starting to fill out now. Laterals everywhere, Cluster in flower phase, Chinook with loads of burrs, Cascade and Victoria just starting to burr and the Centennial has come on strong for 1st year rhizomes. I do have some hermaphrodite in some of the Cluster...now 2 years in a row...

Cheers BKBrews! Looking forward to hearing how it comes out. :)

50L finished product to start, then bump up to double brews for 100L finished. I'll Gypsy brew to supply Melbourne and beyond. The small batch brews will be primarily for Oscar's Alehouse.

Awesome Mardoo! I'll be using my Mash Tun as a hop back. Fermentors arrived in Melbourne yesterday...I should have them by next week. Brewery buildout happening soon.

So the (dwarf) Cluster rhizomes I purchased in 2015 struggled through the 2015/16 season but I ended up with a decent harvest in 2016. 2nd year in the ground and they've all surpassed the 5 meter mark and growing quite well. Lot of burrs and some pretty impressive cones developing. I'm not sure...

Those laterals will produce plenty of flowers in time, you may surprised on the size of your crop this year.

Really hoping hop analysis comes through, but water would also be great. Survey completed.

Great feedback Indica86! Thanks for sacrificing one of your brews with the flowers, and so happy to hear they made a great impact on the outcome.

After a very slow start due to a cold and wet Spring things are starting to look normal for this time of the year in VIC. Probably still a week behind, but they'll catch up in time. 4 days until the solstice, the longest day of the year.