Must Have Hop to grow

New to here, new to HomeBrewing and soon new to growing hops.
SWMBO perked up when I suggested we could boost our privacy fence even higher with Hop bines.

Without knowing where my homebrewing tastes will take me . . . Is there such a thing as a "Must Have" hop(s) to grow?

We'll have room for ~7-9 bines (25-30' of fence row).

I'm in SW oHIo.

Thank You for this forum and the edumacation,:cross:
'da Kid

I would say it depends on your taste in beer.. I love west coast pale ales, so I went with Cascade since I was only growing one plant.

I went with Magnum and Cascade as I figured I'd be covered for both bittering and flavor/aroma use that way. In terms of fence coverage, the Magnum blow up on year two and can cover a lot of space. The Cascades have been more sparse, although I can probably blame my dog for that as she tends to nibble on that one for some reason.

mtodd22 said:

I went with Magnum and Cascade as I figured I'd be covered for both bittering and flavor/aroma use that way. In terms of fence coverage, the Magnum blow up on year two and can cover a lot of space. The Cascades have been more sparse, although I can probably blame my dog for that as she tends to nibble on that one for some reason.

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Be careful, the hop oils in matured hop cones can be very deadly to dogs!

It depends what you would brew with most. I'm a Double IPA fan so I would stick to higher AAs. I've got Hallertau, Mt Hood, Nugget, Zeus. The 1st 3 make for lots of foliage, but the Zeus continually puts out the most ounces of dry cones.
I make an Imperial IPA from all homegrown hops that I'm pretty proud of. Find a recipe that you would consider your go-to-brew and plant those. You'll be surprised how long it can take you to use a seasons hops otherwise.

Johnnyhitch1 said:

Be careful, the hop oils in matured hop cones can be very deadly to dogs!

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Funny, my dog hates hops and the smell of beer but for some reason she loves to eat the leaves only from my Cascade plant. She decaptitated the poor plant a day after I trimmed it down to the best sprouts. It corrected itself, which shows how resiliant these plants are.

+1 for selecting plants you use the most in your fav homebrews.

Well due to not sure what I will be brewing down the road, having a limited live plant source and one good end-of-season sale; I have the following plants taking a nice Winter nap:

3) Glazier
3) Perle
3) Tettnager

and . . . . . . . . . . . . tada
5) Centennial

The first nine are on the South side of the garage. I'll figure out the trellis system by Spring.

The Centennials are along 30' of chain-link fence. I have the option, and may add a couple of feet above the five feet that are there. That may be a year #2 project.

They spent all Summer/Fall in 1-gal pots until the Misses' flowers and veggies died back.

Sleep well little Humulus lupulus's,
'da Kid