I've tracked down a source of wild hops in our area. I've yet to check out the plants myself, but it sounds to me like these are pretty citrusy (from another brewer I know ?cascade variant?).
I'm planning on harvesting some this year, and packaging. .
Several issues here. . .
Anyone know of a way (like leaf or cone morphology) that I could use to figure out what variety/family these are, and. . .
any suggestions on food dryers, and . . .
any suggestions on vacuum sealers to package these things. . .
If they turn out good, I think I'll steal a rhizome and let them go crazy out on the edge of my woods.
I'm also thinking of doing some column chromatography on them to figure out AA content. I might also send them to my old lab and let them run them on their old HPLC or GC machines. . .
There used to be over 23 different breweries in our area (so the lore has it--starting from pre-prohibition to now), and it is rumored that some of the old time breweries maintained their own hop fields. I'm wondering if these are remnants of that era.
I'm planning on harvesting some this year, and packaging. .
Several issues here. . .
Anyone know of a way (like leaf or cone morphology) that I could use to figure out what variety/family these are, and. . .
any suggestions on food dryers, and . . .
any suggestions on vacuum sealers to package these things. . .
If they turn out good, I think I'll steal a rhizome and let them go crazy out on the edge of my woods.
I'm also thinking of doing some column chromatography on them to figure out AA content. I might also send them to my old lab and let them run them on their old HPLC or GC machines. . .
There used to be over 23 different breweries in our area (so the lore has it--starting from pre-prohibition to now), and it is rumored that some of the old time breweries maintained their own hop fields. I'm wondering if these are remnants of that era.