Comments on: The Audacity of Hops

By: Buy Supplies

Buy Supplies — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:38:09 +0000

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By: Marilyn Theilman

Marilyn Theilman — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 14:39:17 +0000

Thanks so much for the great information! We’re in northern Wisconsin and are considering growing hops commercially. We appreciate all of the links and organizations mentioned.

By: William Robertson

William Robertson — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 15:36:00 +0000

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By: Matt Sweeny

Matt Sweeny — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:57:33 +0000

This article really hits home for me as I am from Wisconsin and also doing a bunch of research lately on the viability of growing hops for some local beer producers. Cheers and hop on!

By: Microfarmer

Microfarmer — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:08:38 +0000

This is my second year for hops. I have 1 plant each of 13 vatieties to see which do the best. I use them as a shade for my patio! Then, when they get ripe, I use them in my homebrew!

With the hot dry temps here (Sacramento area), I can even dry them outside in only a couple days without using a separate heat source and costing me any cash. You Northerners, might need to bring them in to dry.

I have reduced the cost per gallon considerably! My local homebrew store was selling pelletized hops for over $4.00 an oz. Now I pay nothing! Once established, you’ll spend more time keeping them from roaming, than you will to make them grow.

You should be able to grow hops in the big city on a little lot… I grew up in Chicago, I know what you have to work with. If you grow the same variety, you can space them as close as 2-3 feet apart, and they grow vertically from there. Makes a nice screen.

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Audacity of Hops « Beer (and Wine) Trivia Blog — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:37:41 +0000

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By: beertrivia

beertrivia — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:30:03 +0000

Some how the computer transformed my lower-48 into a smiley!?

By: beertrivia

beertrivia — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:29:12 +0000

I really enjoyed the article. I lived in the Willamette Valley in Oregon and loved driving by the hops fields during harvest. The aroma . . . (I might cry). Life has caught up with my time to homebrew, but if I ever get back into it, I will try and grow hops in my yard.

In addition to being a great commercial crop (as shown by your article), it is a nice decorative climbing vine. People who live in areas with warm summers (i.e., most of the lower-48) should be able to grow hops up a trellis or pergola to get lots of nice and good smelling shade.

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By: tony

tony — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:52:39 +0000

I want to learn how to grow organic hops on my 5 acres to sale. Where can i find the info to get stated?
tdncc52@yahoo.com

By: danmihalache

danmihalache — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:37:43 +0000

Dreaming when Dawn’s Left Hand was in the Sky
I heard a Voice within the Tavern cry,
“Awake, my Little ones, and fill the Cup
Before Life’s Liquor in its Cup be dry.”

best wishes