Put me in coach I’m ready to play.
I just added a link to Brew Your Owns hops chart. If your looking for a description of a certain type of hop or want to know what you might use as a substitute start with their chart
Hops give beer that earthy, piney, cirtrusy or grassy flavor. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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I grew my own hops for the first time last year. It’s addictive! Now I think I’ll till up the rest of the yard…
thnx!
I have posted a few times about hops. I’ve grown them two years in a row now, with varying levels of success (downy mildew took them out last year…that and lackadaisical watering). Here’s a link that might be helpful on growing hops in containers: http://www.byo.com/component/resource/article/1926-growing-hops-in-containers
The major concern on hops is that, similar to chocolate, they are poisonous to dogs. Remember, “dose makes the poison (or potion)”; it’s probably okay to give a dog some of your beer but straight hops are a no-no.
Cheers,
Norm
I didn’t know they were poisonous to dogs. Thanks for the links!
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Brew Your Own magazine just put out a list of hop rhizome suppliers for 2014: http://byo.com/stories/issue/item/2980-2014-hop-rhizome-supplier-directory