Western Bluebird sat on a post and watched for a while. Made me think there needs to be a bluebird house on one of the hop poles.
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 moreHop Signs
Holly has the new hop signs up. I kept threatening to forget what was in each row.
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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