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Dan, the reason for the pots is that we're planting 200 so it makes a few things easier... 1. we don't have to rush to set up a 18ft trellis as they reccomended only building a little 6 foot high one and keeping the pots tight for the first year 2. its easier to control soil for the first year...

Hey Guys, we`re planting hops this spring and I talked to a couple of growers that said they had great success starting their rhizomes in pots the first year and then transplanting the hops the next spring into the soil. I`m pretty sure they said they used 1 gallon nursing pots but after taking...

Thanks for the help guys. Gila - I'm definately going to contact a few local hops guys and see where they got their poles from. Luv - thanks for the link... I'll give em a call. Can't hurt! -Jordan

We do primary in 2 large plastic garbage cans and then we have 12 or so smaller carboys (pony keg size) and 3 larger ones that are about sankey size for secondary. We put the beer into cornelius kegs and then have a few different beers on tap in the rec room... works quite well but we've never...

also, we already built another 5x10 room to heat for ales in the winter.

We're doing 50 gallon batches so I guess this is probably overkill. It would just be soo much nicer to have the carboys sitting on shelves rather than stuffed into chest freezers. I really like the idea of dividing the room into a few different units each with their own temp control... we'd...

Cedar has a natural preservative in it unlike other poles which would rot faster (3-4feet is buried underground). Pressure treated would be great but would disqualify us from organic certification, which we're thinking of doing down the road.

Hey guys, I'm from Victoria BC Canada and a buddy and I are determined to put 200 organic hops rhizomes in the ground this spring. We've got a few ideas for potential trellis designs but we're having a lot of trouble finding a place to get cedar poles from. Building supply stores don't carry...

Hey Guys, a buddy and I decided we'd like to try making some lagers instead of our normal regiment of ales so we've built a cooler room thats 5x10x8 (400cuft) at one end of my barn. Any ideas on the best way to keep the temp down to 35degrees? Our first thought was to tear apart an old...