Sometimes I take care of my chickens. I feed them and sometimes we open the little door so they can get out of the chicken coop.
Read moreChinook Hops cable and coir
Cable and coir is up on chinook row. Heavy rain again may delay next row. Wind may be an issue getting bines started.
Read moreCrystal Hops trellis cables
Crystal hops are ready to climb. Finally dry enough to get the sissor lift to the field to get cable up.
Read moreVisitor to the hop field
I’m not a big snake fan so this guy gave me a start while I was watering hops. Guess on the snake scale this is a good one.
Read moreRepairs on pond
Hop field pond Got a little more cleaned up on hop field pond. Damn is repaired from flood. Replanted a few rhizomes that didn’t make it. I think the extremely wet weather took a toll. Hope to get cables up
Read moreReady to climb
Chinook hop ready to start climbing. Just waiting for road to field to dry out enough so I can get scissor lift down to field and get cables and coir up.
Read moreHop Signs
Holly has the new hop signs up. I kept threatening to forget what was in each row.
Read moreNew brewing project in Kansas City
I was sent a link from one of my Air National Guard buddies for a new brewery startup in Kansas City. Stop by and take a look at their kickstarter page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1915302512/callsign-brewing-company
Read moreCentennial Hop Plant
Centennial Hops starting to sprout up. Started from rhizomes purchased from freshops.com I have had great luck with Freshops.com for both rhizomes and whole leaf hops.
Read moreFresh Hop IPA Recipe
Brewed this IPA with farm grown Cascade hops. I used the Blichmann Engineering http://www.blichmannengineering.com HopRocket. The wort was nice and clear. Dry Hopped with more whole leaf Cascade and Citra. Short 4 day dry hop period adds nice hop aroma and flavor
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