Hops - ready to harvest? free!

[andrewmaixner]

Here's some pictures: https://goo.gl/photos/1mzBg2k31rrN9yCL8
I am very busy for the next couple weeks -- is anyone interested in picking / using / sharing them?

My fatherinlaw planted some hops this spring, just as a fast-growing vine to decorate a trellis.

I noticed that they look like there's a ton of flowers that might be ready to use, and he said to take them as he doesn't brew (yet).

There's CTZ, Centennial, Cascade, and something else, that I can find out if anyone cares.

[UndeadFred]

Hmm.. I do have a food dehydrator. I tried growing Centennial for the last two years and apparently I completely suck. But.. maybe I should drop in on my old program manager and your father in law and see if I can get those before they rot. Very tempting....

[Matt F]

Try a fan and a screen or make your own hop oast versus a food dehydrator. I used a dehydrator once and the heat it uses is harsh on the hops. Made them taste awful. Like really awful!

[andrewmaixner]

Hmm.. I do have a food dehydrator. I tried growing Centennial for the last two years and apparently I completely suck. But.. maybe I should drop in on my old program manager and your father in law and see if I can get those before they rot. Very tempting....

He is on vacation, just let me know if you are going to go get them. I did not even realize they would produce the first year.

[Josh_Jensen]

Try a fan and a screen or make your own hop oast versus a food dehydrator. I used a dehydrator once and the heat it uses is harsh on the hops. Made them taste awful. Like really awful!

Last year I laid a box fan down on the horizontal, bought a bunch of cheap furnace filters and layered hops on the filters. I stacked them up on the fan and bungee corded them together. I ran the fan in my garage for 24 hours, and the hops were perfectly dry and ready to package.


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[tony b]

Clever!

[TappedOut]

It's the Alton Brown jerky technique.

[mjensen52402]

I read somewhere suggested temperature was 135 degrees. How hot was too hot?

[andrewmaixner]

so...anyone want the hops? I'm still really busy for the next week solid, if you want them, they are up for grabs.

[jjpeanasky]

Located within reasonable distance of CR? I might be willing to swing out tomorrow and pick them. I can dehydrate them, vac seal in small packages and distribute to club.

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[andrewmaixner]

32nd and hwy 100, south side of Marion