Any chance of you posting or sending me your hop candy recipe?
the original hop candy
http://www.tastybrew.com/newrcp/detail/70
Haha! It's actually been around since the late 90's/early 2000's but the railroad wouldn't give me time off to get it started. No more railroad, thank you!
Just to confirm, hermaphrodite hops have sterile seeds so correct, no need to pull them. Female hops with seeds are a result of stress ie: too much hot weather, not enough nutrients, not enough water etc.
Thanks ianw58! Here's another recent recipe: http://mountainroseblog.com/celebrating-hops-sweet-treats/
My Zeus are about 1/4 male this year. Out of the last 6 or so years, the only year that it was almost all female was very hot and dry. We had many days (close to a month) in the 90's and almost no rain. From a stress standpoint, it looks like a hot, dry growing season may be what this variety prefers as the years with more moderate temperatures tend to produce more male growth. Just an observation from NE Ohio.
Trying my hand at Hop Pies now:
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