Home Brewing

Chinnok hops from first year bines

We went down to the hop field, this evening. Roasted some hotdogs and picked a row of first year Chinnok hops. The row of Chinnok did very well. They were the first planted this spring and were at the bottom

Ready to expand

The rest of the field is mowed and the holes drilled to expand the hop trellis. Just need a few more poles and will be ready to plant first thing next spring. Fergus (lower left) always comes along to supervise

Hand picked Cascade hops

Holly and I hand picked a nice batch of Cascade hops this morning. Even after washing my hands, they are still yellow. Stained in lupulin. The hops smell so good. We were afraid they would be past their prime next

Fresh hop IPA

Picked some nice Cascade hops to add to the current batch of IPA fermenting. The recipe is 100% whole leaf hops. Grain Bill: 15 lbs 2 row malt 1 lbs crystal 20l 1 lbs carapils Hops: 1oz Columbus 60min 1oz

Darbro Farms pint glasses are here!

Our first logo item is here. Darbro Farms pint glasses came in a big box a couple of days ago. I think they turned out pretty well. Now I’ll have to get them on the store page. Logo shirts are

Cascade Hop cones

Some nice big cascade hop cones in the test garden. I made the mistake of leaving the old coir up after we handpicked the hops. The old dried bines impeded the new bine growth. The new bines would get sidetracked

Watermelon Ale kegged

Used gelatin in fermenter, then cold crashed. Watermelon Ale turned out a nice super clear golden color. It is carbonating in keg and bottles now. Already tastes good. Dry but with a definite watermelon aroma. I think after aging

Good article on fresh hops from the American Homebrewers Association

https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/how-to-brew/hell-wet-hopping-beer/?utm_source=informz&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=default&_zs=FaAIG1&_zl=e4js3

Hops field markers

After numerous near misses with the hop trellis guy wires I decided it was time to get some markers on them. The orange conduit shows up nicely! Hoping to brew a batch of IPA this week. I will try and

Watermelon Ale

Three quarts of watermelon purée getting ready to go into the secondary of the watermelon ale. I’ve made this recipe three times now. I think I found it online but can’t seem to find it again to give the appropriate