About a week ago I received an e-mail from the local homebrew club about some hops available locally, Chinook, Cascade and Perle. Didn't follow up because I figured someone would be all over them real quick. Received a rather elated call last night from one of my co-workers and fellow HBT members Corey_James. He said I needed to bring my truck to this guys house and load up. Couldn't make it last night, but went over tonight and scored.
Truckload of hops. The bags are Chinook and Perle that he already had cut down and had in the carport. Cascades were still hanging off deck over carport (wish I would have had camera while I was there) Backed the truck under and just let them fall into the bed.
Posing gangsta style with the cascades.
Plucked all of the Chinook tonight. About 1 3/4 Five gallon pails full.
Cascade on the back porch. It's going to be a busy weekend.
Truckload of hops. The bags are Chinook and Perle that he already had cut down and had in the carport. Cascades were still hanging off deck over carport (wish I would have had camera while I was there) Backed the truck under and just let them fall into the bed.
Posing gangsta style with the cascades.
Plucked all of the Chinook tonight. About 1 3/4 Five gallon pails full.
Cascade on the back porch. It's going to be a busy weekend.
When I called the SWMBO of the house, she told me to bring a couple of trash bags. When I rolled in I saw the Chinook and Perle laying on the floor of the carport and they took up the length and about 1/2 of it wide and were standing at least 2 feet high. The guy told me that he has had the 3 plants anywhere from 12 to 15 years. I was going to us ~13% AA for the Chinook and use it for an nice PALE ALE. I would have taken some of the Cascade but there was not enough light and it was raining; go figure rain in Washington! The aroma is awesome, it is so strong that my garage, living room, dining room and kitchen all smell like hops.
