I have two hop vines (Willamette and Cascade) growing along my house. They are now heavy with hops and I was wondering if there is anything I need to do with them besides throw them in the brewpot? What's a good way to tell if they are ready? They smell great and are the size of walnuts.
Thanks,
Long Gone Dave
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I don't grow hops but i seen a post in the french speaking website i visit regularly. Here is a translation of that message: "To make sure that it's ready, you can crush a cone between your fingers and verfy that the resin stick to your fingers. Your fingers should also smell hops a lot.
"When the cones start to get old, you should see brown spots on them. If you want my advice, i prefer to wait that the oldest cones starts to show some sings of getting old to be sure that the oders are Ok to be harvested.
"PS : Since you probably don't have a feild to yourself, you can do your harvest in more than one day in a way too leave the youngers cone for a few days after.
"If i remember, i did my first harvest las summer around the last days of august and finished around september 10."
I can also add that the hop resin is yellow and that we are in the province of Quebec (Canada) if you want to compare climate and latitude.
Dry them before using unless you like the taste of grass and chlorophyll in your beer.
---------->Denny
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