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Haha I thought for the first brew I'd just dry them next year when I get more and have a clue ill do a wet hop ale

Its called wet hopping even if they are dry? Thanks for all the help will the malt grains and yeast all b ok for an ipa?

Morning Bump for good luck

Oops meant 2.5 Zeus 1 chinook

I grew hops for the first time this year and got around 6 ozs from 4 different plants. I have never brewed and would like to try and come up with a good extract ipa recipe. The hops I have are 1.5 oz of Chinook 2.5oz of glacier 2/3rd oz of horizon and 2oz of zeus. I kinda sketched out this off...

Was going to start out with extract brewing. I have looked through there but hadn't really seen those hops being combined. I really don't know what Iam looking at as this will be my first brew; thanks for the reply all help is awesome.

Hello all, just finished harvesting my first year hops. I ended up with an oz of horizon 2.5 oz of Chinook 2.5 oz of Zeus and 3 oz of glacier. I was wondering if combinding them would work well for an ipa. I was also wondering how do you go about getting the right extract and grains? Any advice...

Please help total noon here. I know all the things to look for but don't wana screw up do these Zeus cones look ready???

Still no cones or burrs starting to think it won't happen. Anyone know of a way to jump start a plant? I already fertilize regularly. Thanks

Ok sweet maybe I have them mixed up n its the glacier I'm waiting on

I have crowns from great lakes hops. I planted 3 crowns in the ground at my parents all are loaded with cones aswell. This is the only variety that doesn't have any burs or cones. Iam in upstate NY I planted in may. I was thinking maybe I let to many bines grow (5) so I cut back to 3 maybe it...

Hello, This is my first year growing hops and I have a problem. I am growing Columbus and glacier hops in large containers. The glacier hops have grown about 14ft and have quite a bit of cones forming. The Columbus grew about 10ft and stopped. It has tons of side arms and no cones or burrs. Is...