How To Take Care Of Your Hops

[Let's Brew Beer]

With summer fast approaching its time to think about planting your hops, grab a beer and see how I do it.

 

[Hangover68]

i planted mine 2 months ago.

 

[mynameisrodney]

yeah my cascade is about 2m tall and violently strangling everything in sight haha.

 

[scomet]

my cascade is about 2m tall and violently

Mine too but its probably only just stopped snowing in Nelson :-}
Dont let them dry out too much, feed regularly, and very poisonous to dogs BTW.
ps Loved Nelson Markets, Pics had a stall, I said loudly “I didn't know Pics came from NZ!?” The entire market seemed to shout “It doesn't it comes from Nelson”….

 

[Grmblz]

Lots of horse and chicken poo over the winter.

 

[mynameisrodney]

Has anyone here had good results from their fresh hops? Every brew I used mine in was terrible. I don't think I've got the timing right for picking them.

I'm not all that fussed though, I have them going up a trellis which shades the veggie patch and lawn from the West in summer, so it's a nice feature of the garden even if it is only used as ornamental.

 

[Vic]

Has anyone here had good results from their fresh hops? Every brew I used mine in was terrible. I don't think I've got the timing right for picking them.

I'm not all that fussed though, I have them going up a trellis which shades the veggie patch and lawn from the West in summer, so it's a nice feature of the garden even if it is only used as ornamental.

I grow Chinook and something similar to Cascade in NE Victoria High Country. Pick late April when they go brown. Used only in Whirlpool @ 80C for 30 minutes. Beer is sensational.

 

[Hopasauraus]

i have 6 rows of 10. Krakenup, cascade amd columbus.
The Krakenup went extremely well last year which is when i planted them from their roots
i had heaps and pick them when they are just strarting to get brown tinges on them, dry them on a rack in the shed for a few days and then vacuume bag them and store in the freezer.

 

[Let's Brew Beer]

Yeah, I need to get a new oast as well. My current one is looking somewhat ratshit.

 

[Hangover68]

Mine were all but wiped out during storms a few weeks ago when a large tree branch landed on them, moved to a better location, cut off the dead shoots and they are going nuts again.
Oddly my chinook plant barely had any growth but post storms its going nicely.

 

[Let's Brew Beer]

Has anyone here had good results from their fresh hops? Every brew I used mine in was terrible. I don't think I've got the timing right for picking them.

I'm not all that fussed though, I have them going up a trellis which shades the veggie patch and lawn from the West in summer, so it's a nice feature of the garden even if it is only used as ornamental.

Yeah I get the same issue, perhaps its something to do with the Alpha Acids, I'm not really sure. But yeah, they do look nice in the garden