Recent content by jmw22

Cool trial...I'll be checking back to see how they do! Sent from my DROID RAZR using Home Brew mobile app

Well I finally made it back out there to the farm to get the top wire and twine strung for the hops this past weekend. It was a good thing I did because some of the hops were almost 6' long already after their first 5 weeks in the ground. We used the rubber coated copper wire for the top...

I thought I would post up some pics and updates of my hop project this spring on a thread for anyone interested. My wife's parents happen to own some orchard property in the Columbia River Gorge area, just south of Yakima which is one of the richest hop growing areas in the world. Sooo...why...

Poles set!

60 rhizomes planted

Transplanted rhizome from 3yr old Nugget plant

New hops are popping after 1 1/2 weeks!

Setting poles

60 hop rhizomes planted spring of '14 in the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon.

I've been brewing for about 6 years, off and on anyways in my free time. So far its been extract brews only but I'm looking to jump into the AG scene soon hopefully! My favorite beers that I've brewed so far are a Citra Pale, India Black Ale and a hopped amber. I'm also growing 60 hop plants...