This amber IPA is brewed with 100% Darbro Farms hops and fresh Midwest malt from: https://www.rootshootmalting.com/ it has a warm balanced taste that I’d challenge anyone to get from standard off the shelf ingredients. The recipe is posted below. Comments
Read moreKettle Soured Pumpkin Ale
Kettle soured pumpkin ale is on tap at Darbro Farms. It is definitely unique! I opted to skip the traditional pumpkin pie spices and just let the sour pumpkin twang shine through. This beer was brewed with fresh dried Darbro
Read moreFresh Columbus IPA
With the help of my expert brew assistant weighing hops, the fresh Columbus IPA is in the fermenter. Recipe: 11 lbs 2 Row Malt 4 lbs Vienna Malt 1 lb Carafoam 1 lb Aciduated Malt 1oz Magnum Hops 60min 1oz
Read moreCover Crop Up!
Barley and Daikon radish seeds sprang right up! Two gentle Fall rains did the trick. Hopefully these guys will help with the weeds. When Spring rolls around we will till them back in for a good nitrogen boost. Fall is
Read moreAlley Cultivation
Years ago our good neighbor Norman loaned Dad and I a chisel plow. I hate to say, it sat for way too long on my dad’s farm. Today I got the tires fixed and the plow ready to go. Ran
Read moreMultihead Hops
This year we have been working to get a row of Neomexicana (Multihead) hops going. I was down picking hops and spotted some good cones over on the Multihead row. The smell of them was amazing. Strong lemon and
Read moreCrystal Hops Packaged
A batch of Crystal hops are dry, nitrogen packed and ready to go. They will go great in your Pale Ale recipe!
Read moreColumbus hops ready to brew!
The first small batch of Columbus hops have been dried and nitrogen bagged. Excited to taste some in a good IPA! This year we are also trying an oxygen scribing pack in
Read moreChinook Hop Picking
The first batch of Chinook hops have been picked and are in the dryer. It was a pretty morning to pick hops. A little breeze and the heat hadn’t set in. Owen says he detects citrus notes in this batch
Read moreStrange hop yard things!
Found something strange in the hop yard. A row of Columbus hops has produced both male and female flowers on the same plant. If you look close you can see the small clusters of male flowers (small berries) and the
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