Our Cascade hops know nothing of the recession
We know this because they are growing like pirate profits in Somalia (too soon?). They’re starting to bud already, which scares us, frankly. I KNEW that guy that sold us those “hop steroids” out of the back of his truck in the Kroger parking lot wasn’t legit.
Our hops have gotten so out-of-control that they are [...]
Putting the “up” in “hops update”
These things are growing like the national deficit. They’ve already reached the top of our trellis and it isn’t even May yet.
Let’s hope they’re as keen on actual hop flower production as they are about reaching the sun. We had a decent haul last year but all indications are that we will have a mega-haul [...]
We build a new hop trellis. And no one notices.
We got fewer compliments than expected on Monday on our brand-spankin’-new hop trellis. Which leads me to believe that beer lovers are insensitive and/or unobservant. Here she is, compliments of Jeanine and her camera:
We built it last Sunday, just in time for our hops to join in the race to the moon. They’re competing against [...]
Monday Night recap (Excited hops edition)
Monday was pretty much awesome. Some new folks, some old folks, and just enough rain to keep it interesting. We had some stellar beers on tap, including the Eye Patch Ale and Drafty Kilt Scotch Ale. We also tasted our 1-week-old double IPA. Gravity was down to 1.021 from 1.070 in a week, which is [...]
Why we’re not starting a hop farm
Last week we harvested our first hops from our vines, and were quite pleased with the yield. I was thinking we’d get 1-2 lbs of hops based on the amount we pulled off. But after a few days of drying, the final weight was just about 8 oz. But my dreams of [...]
Hop harvest!
We got off to an early start last night, so we had some extra time. We spent it on a quick little business meeting (more on that soon) and our hop plants, which have been growing like gangbusters their 2nd year in existence.
Thank the Lord that big ugly thing in the middle wasn’t a hop, [...]
A successful night of brewing (without the brewing)
Thanks to everyone who came last night. We had a good crowd, in spite of the weather. The rain made it difficult to brew (we didn’t want any of Atlanta’s acid raid infecting our beers), so we actually just hung out and drank. It was amazing. We circled up a bunch of chairs and made [...]
