Today is the day a bounty of fragrant hope cones, pregnant with bitter/spicy deliciousness are being harvested. As I stand, shaded by the girthy monstrous trellises, heavy under the weight of opportunity and flavour, I Read more…
How would you like to spend your October long weekend? “Building hop trellises!” Ah… how it sounded so easy. Just lop a few trees, dig a few holes, string a few lines and badabing badaboom, we’re Read more…
If we’re going to grow hops, we’d better learn how to do it. What better place to learn than through a real-life hop farmer! So on our recent trip to Victoria we added a visit Read more…
This week I’ve been worried sick. I would often find myself lying in bed at 3 am thinking “I wonder if my hops are getting enough water”. They’ve been in the ground close to 4 Read more…
The first hops are in! I recently bought 20 rhizomes off a bloke named Aaron, user name AJ80 on the Aussie Home Brewer Forum. 10x Mt Hood, described as “They’re a wonderful hop to brew Read more…