Wow, that is an impressive plant for the first year! Ours are in Astoria, but I live in Eugene and am currently travelling in Germany, so a buddy of mine is taking care of the plants at the moment... so I'm actually not sure how they're doing. I should check in on my babies.
Thanks, I stopped and talked to Dave, the owner of FreshHops Farms in Philomath (freshhops.com) and got 4 varieties he recommended based on the wet & not real warm climate of the NW Oregon coast.
We ended up with Newport, Galena, Chinook & Cascade.
A couple friends and myself just built a hop trellis & planted 4 varieties in Astoria, Oregon this last weekend. We'll see what grows up there!
Any tips would be much appreciated.