Experimental Beer!
One Fall evening I was walking through the hop yard with my good friend Larry. He picked a hop cone and said “smells great”. I thought he was crazy. The hops were all dry and brown. He was right the
Read morePellet mill is up and running!
After a lot of R&D and machining, our pellet mill produced its first hop pellets. We have a lot of practice ahead but are excited to be able to supply pelletized Darbro Hops!
Read moreColumbus Hops on Tap!
Columbus IPA on tap! Shawn (Cooper and Mill) really nailed this beer. One of the best IPAs I’ve had! If you want to try some DarbroFarms Columbus hops in a wonderful beer, hurry down, it won’t last long.
Read moreNew beer on tap!
We are super excited to see our Chinook hops in a great beer at Cooper and Mill brewery in Bartlesville!
Read moreDarbro Farms IPA on tap
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
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