quantrellc
Well-Known Member
My Dad was talking with a rancher friend of his and was telling him I brew beer, so he said there is a home stead on his place with hop plants that are 100 plus years old and he was told that the folks that lived there long ago had used them for brewing and thought it would be neat if I could brew something up for him using those hops. So they went out and harvested a bunch today and my Mom is drying some of them for me now and they will bring them by in about a week. I have never used home grown hops before so I was looking for ideas on how to make a beer for this old boy. I was thinking a basic apa type grain bill mostly two row with a little light crystal and use a known hop for bittering and use the others toward the last thirty minutes of the boil for flavor and aroma. Think this will work out alright? It will be fun experimenting and hopefully I can give this old rancher a little taste of history of his place.