[THC] harvesting hops

[mr soul]

Anyone ever try making a wet-hop beer?  I think that is what I will do with my medium harvest (first year of growth).  
  
Tom

"L.A. Swihart" <swihart at purdue.edu> wrote:
  mr soul wrote:

>I am wondering when you hop growers out there usually harvest your hops. My cascades are fairly plentiful. The cones are still green.
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>Tom
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There is no hop harvest at our house this year because I never re-built 
my trellis. It finally had to come down last year. But they'll be fine 
next year. If I get a new trellis up. 

Mine are Cascades and have been growing for 7 or 8 years (I'm a little 
sick of them some years), and what I have done most years is cut them 
back to the ground in mid to late May, then let them grow. This seems 
to cause a more concerted ripening process, i.e. all the hops are about 
ready at the same time instead of the harvest being spread over a period 
of a month or longer.

Check the lupulin production, that's the key. Take one and cut it open 
the long way with a sharp knife for the best demo of the density of the 
little yellow oil balls that develop inside. When they start being a 
little dry at the edges, or to brown a little at the edges, that's 
pretty late, get them down right away. I would just bring everything 
down and pick off all the hops and dry them. It's real rash-producing 
scratchy irritant kind of work; wear long sleeves.

Here is what "tastybrew.com" says
http://www.tastybrew.com/tips/detail/13

Linda

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