Harvesting the hops

taking the cascade hops off and drying them the Alton Brown way. It works very well and uses only ambient room air instead of heat that can destroy flavor.

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• harvesting hops
• hops
• drying hops
• fulldraw
• beer

[fulldraws]

This cascade vine this year produced twice as many as when this video was made. I now load up the filters alot more and let them sit for a day and a half inside the house til theyre dry. Easy and effective!

[TheVittleVlog]

Cool vid man....I'd never seen a HOP before!!!

[fulldraws]

@TheVittleVlog Yeah, but I know for a fact that you've tasted them! LOL

[1979timdog]

thats awesome. i didnt know you are a fellow beer maker too!ive been contemplating groing my own hops as well.maybe ill give it a try next spring!!!

[fulldraws]

@1979timdog I actually started brewing beer before I fermented my first wine... I just do more wine because it lasts longer without refrigeration.

[fulldraws]

@robertprpic01 While the plant is a relative of the cannabis, the aroma is not even close in my opinion. The lupilin (yellow stuff) is sold as some kind of replacement for the cannabis high, but why would anyone use hops for anything but beer? I've given cuttings from this plant every year to at least 10 people now, and those plants are huge. It's the gift that keeps on giving!