Owen helped haul water for the hops field. He sampled a few hop cones. Came up with “pungent grapefruit” on the Cascade row. Since that’s the standard description for Cascade, he must have a nose for it!
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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
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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
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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
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