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Since there is a plague in Mexico, no vacation for me. In light of that, I’m going to continue to work on my hops trellis. Last night I cut two twelve foot 1×6’s into six four foot pieces. On each piece I cut a 10″ angle from the end that left a small 2″ piece.
I’ve [...]
So this weekend I started my hops trellis project. It’s been a pretty crazy process because I changed my design once, and when I was at home Depot, I changed it back. I think for the better, but we’ll see.
Pictured below are the post markers for where my 4×4 posts went. I purchased 3 8ft [...]
Not to be out done by my toothless neighbors to the south, it’s time that I finally made a proper hops trellis. With that in mind, I’ve decided on a design. The picture above is a concept that I am going to use in my design, tonight I am going to make some measurements and [...]
So over the past few weeks I’ve been pretty tied up with life and have not had a lot of time for brewing. This has not stopped my from trying new beers though. This is a Maredsous 8, a Belgian Dubbel that gets much BA’er love with an A- rating (I know, BA ratings are [...]
About half of the hops are ready to go, so now I get to pick and dry them so that I can see how much I’m going to yield. As anyone that has been into drying herbs or anything knows that I’m going to lose 70-80% of the weight of my harvest as the [...]
Well the short answer is like that. But what are we looking at? (click on the picture above for a good look)
First, you will note the yellow lupulin glands are spilling out onto the leaves near the stem. This is the yellow dust you see in the pictures.
Second is papery to the touch. They should [...]
While my brewing has been a little sparse this summer, the hops have been continuing to grow and in only their second year, look to be doing pretty well!
This is the cascade and fuggles vines. The fuggles on the right is not producing anything, but the cascade is looking great!!!
There are quite [...]
