I got lucky as well

I have a friend that was complaining about how much her Cascade vine was taking over her house and garden. Her boyfriend and I waited until the right time and, presto......hops for miles





Nothing like a "fresh hop ale"

That's one sh!tty thing about living in the south... I've never even seen a hop vine! heh

Congrats!

How fabulously delicious all of those look.

Wow! Nice!

I'm lost for words...

get er done

Nice cascades dude

Excellent! My Cascades are about the size of peas right now. Too freaking cold this year!

JB - you can grow hops in your area, not commercially and you might have problems with root rots, but if you are careful with the bed drainage, you'll get a crop.

Wow that second to last picture is great! And I'll have to try the dry hopping in a fresh beer. Maybe grab a crappy macrobrew (someone left some miller in my fridge) and let a couple hops steep for a bit and see if it makes the beer palatable!

That's some killer hop pron right there.

7Enigma said:

Wow that second to last picture is great! And I'll have to try the dry hopping in a fresh beer. Maybe grab a crappy macrobrew (someone left some miller in my fridge) and let a couple hops steep for a bit and see if it makes the beer palatable!

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So I just chucked 3 cascade hops (dried) into my Victory Prima Pils (IMO the only and best pilsner I've ever liked, honestly if you've never had it give it a try), and it was a little too bitter. Even with the low AA% of cascade's, it kind of ruined the beer for me. I think I would have been much better off doing as I had originally planned (putting it in a miller light or other "water" beer), but it makes me excited for when I get to actually brew with them (Sierra Nevada pale ale clone!).

John Beere said:

That's one sh!tty thing about living in the south... I've never even seen a hop vine! heh

Congrats!

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I live in south Florida and get a couple of oz's each year. You should be able to get a good harvest if you work at it