My own grown hops

[rhowson90]

I've grown some hops, and have harvested and dried. I was about to add them into one of my beer batches as a dry hop, but then thought about wild yeast. Will there be wild yeast cells on the hops and could they potentially ruin a batch?
I'm presuming if you added the hops into a boil it wouldn't matter as the wild yeast cells would be killed off.

Help anyone?

 

[alane1]

Beer post-fermentation is not as hospitable to wort spoiling bugs. Hops are also naturally anti-bacterial. The chance of them ruining your beer is very low.

 

[nagmay]

Will there be wild yeast cells on the hops

Yes.

There are also wild yeast cells on the hops you buy at the store. Commercially grown hops are not sterilized in any way. So... there is always a chance on infection, but as mentioned above, the chance is lower once the beer is fermented.