In my 2009 Brew Year Goals post, I explained that I wanted to try growing some hops this year. I have been doing some research and making a list of potential varieties based on my taste in beer. I was talking with SWMBO about which ones I should try. She asked how much they were. I told her I was looking at freshops.com who had them at $4.50 each. She thought for a moment and said, “Why don’t you just get them all?” Before she could change her mind, I had the order placed. That was March 1. They were shipped March 4 and arrived here March 6. Now they are in the refrigerator waiting for the risk of frost to pass.
I got one of each of the following:
- Cascade
- Centennial
- Chinook
- Golding
- Northern Brewer
- Willamette
- Zeus (a.k.a. Tomahawk, Columbus)
I'm not a columbus guy, but I'd say I use all of those on a monthly basis. good choices
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mr. Kyle.
ReplyDeleteHey Mark. I got rhizomes from freshops too. Centennial and Ultra. This will be my first try at hop growing and I'm looking forward to it.
ReplyDeleteI put up a post on making agar slants over at my blog. Thought you might want to know. More pictures to come.
Tom
http://destinationbeer.blogspot.com/
Tom, I don't know about Ultra, but when you get some you can let us know what they're like. Also, thanks for the slants post. I'll check it out.
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