Columbia Hops

First to the top!

First to the top-wire is our new Columbia Hop row! Columbia seems to be a great Kansas hop. The sun and warm air has done them all wonders. Been working hard on the new Triumph hop rows. They took a

Recipe and brewing instructions included. We have been doing a lot of work in the garden this Spring. Thinking of ways to tie the garden into brewing, we dreamed up this Beetroot Sour. Definitely an interesting beer to brew, it

Spring Break

Last days of Elsa’s Spring break. Camping at Kanopolis and salt mine tour. Perfect opportunity to stop by Sandhills Brewing for a beer. Pelican was wonderful, no doubt in part due to the great local hops from our friends at

Spring cleaning

Spring cleanup has started in the hop yard. The barley cover is greening up. The deer are loving it. Tracks everywhere. Also seems to have been a wild raccoon party. Not sure what was going on there. Hops will be

Today was a rainy day on the hop farm. Elsa and I had drafted up new hops field signs in vCarve and it was a good time to fire up the CNC machine.

Great Lakes Hops

Another row of Columbia Hop plants are in the ground. Some of the Multihead Hop plants I received last month got a little beat up in transit. http://greatlakeshops.com sent me a brand new tray of plants. Great Lakes is awesome

Crawdad hole

Holly and I went down to water the new Columbia and Multihead hop plants. Elsa spent her time on the hop pond tire swing. Seems we also have no shortage of crawdads in the hop field pond. Kinda funny since

New Additions

A new row of Columbia Hops have been planted. Plants arrived from Great Lakes Hops yesterday and were planted within a couple hours. The road crew came back and finish up the road entrance. It’s time to get the lime

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