It's about that time of year when this seasons hops need harvesting. Compared to last year, the hop plants did not grow as well as last year - they might need a bit more care and tending next year.
But some of the plants still produced a good harvest.
Here are the freshly picked Halleratu (2 bags at back), Hersbrucker (front left) and Pride of Ringwood cones:
In order to make packing the hops (once they have been dried) easier, I made up a I made a
Hopsquash from 90mm PVC pipe fittings, some particle-board
... a beer bottle
... and a clamp:
This produced nicely squashed hop plugs, that were more easily packed into vacuum seal bags:
From this years hops I packed the following: POR 45g, Saaz 107g, Columbus 180g, Halleratu 315g, Cascade 175g, Tettnang 75g, Hersbrucker 155g, Perle 240g, Goldings 345g:
Since this was more than enough for me, I gave some away: Victoria ~50-100g, MtHood ~100-200g, Chinook & Nugget ~100g. But some plants didn't produce any cones worth picking: Fuggle, Willamette, Challenger, Target, Liberty.
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