Who grows hops for IPA's? What have you found to be the best homegrown IPA hops?
Centennial isn't as vigorous as the other C hops, but has been a good producer. It's the earliest for me (I'm picking it now). I've never sprayed in 10ish years of growing and never had disease issues, but hear it's susceptible to downy mildew. My home grown centennial seems to provide a medium intensity citrusy flavour and aroma.
Cascade is super vigorous and a great producer. It ripens after Centennial, but before Chinook. I've had mites on it, but it generally seems really hardy. It provides some medium intensity grapefruity/grassy flavour and aroma.
Chinook ripens last for me of the three IPA varieties I grow. It's super vigorous, hardy, and a great producer. It gives a strong aroma and flavor and might be the variety I would recommend the most if you like that citrussy pine flavour/aroma.
I've added homegrown Neo1 to my IPA's as well, but it seems to work better as a supporting hop to emphasis a lemon component. It ripens really early so I tend to use it to dry hop light summer beers.
What home grown varieties do you have experience with?
Which public domain hops would you recommend for IPA lovers? Columbus? Cashmere? Comet?
Which hops have not produced for you?
Centennial isn't as vigorous as the other C hops, but has been a good producer. It's the earliest for me (I'm picking it now). I've never sprayed in 10ish years of growing and never had disease issues, but hear it's susceptible to downy mildew. My home grown centennial seems to provide a medium intensity citrusy flavour and aroma.
Cascade is super vigorous and a great producer. It ripens after Centennial, but before Chinook. I've had mites on it, but it generally seems really hardy. It provides some medium intensity grapefruity/grassy flavour and aroma.
Chinook ripens last for me of the three IPA varieties I grow. It's super vigorous, hardy, and a great producer. It gives a strong aroma and flavor and might be the variety I would recommend the most if you like that citrussy pine flavour/aroma.
I've added homegrown Neo1 to my IPA's as well, but it seems to work better as a supporting hop to emphasis a lemon component. It ripens really early so I tend to use it to dry hop light summer beers.
What home grown varieties do you have experience with?
Which public domain hops would you recommend for IPA lovers? Columbus? Cashmere? Comet?
Which hops have not produced for you?