Homegrown Hop Harvest 2008

Little bit of everything, picking, drying, vacuum sealing. Cascades and Centennial hops in St. Paul MN.

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• homebrew
• beer
• backyard
• donosborn

[IngShedotCom]

Hey, did you find that the vacuum bags crushed the hops?

[donosborn]

well sure it crushes them up a bit but that is not a problem. they go into the boil pot just the same. :)

[thegoodlifefarm]

thanks for the video! Wondering what you use to decide when the hops are dry enough to go into the vacuum packing... Is it a certain ratio of wet to dry weight that you are going for or some other gauge?

Thanks so much!

[donosborn]

Yes that is right. When dry they are about 1/5 of the wet weight. Example, 35 oz wet becomes about 7 oz dry. I have read that this is the way to look at it, and in my own experience it seems to work that way too. Good luck. (Oh, For me this takes 2 days of sitting on a screen in the garage).

[deadsaid]

awesome vid. how many years have you been growing those?

[donosborn]

2005 was the first year. cheers.

[midimajik]

haha, free child labor

[sowsearsoup]

@0:40 - Awesome - get the kids into it!!!

[tolpacourt]

I heard Scarce "All Sideways" playing in the beginning. Right on!

I lurve that song! So did you use the hops green or did you dry them out later?

[KE5HOB]

Cutest garden helper ever!

[thegoodlifefarm]

Thats good info to know. I've got a small cascade I started this year that I want to take a number of root cuttings from for next spring, and the harvest on it seems worth doing in the next few days. What a prolific grower and producer, really impressed with the speed and vigor the hops takes on. Excited to expand it out a whole lot next year. Best of luck to you, keep sharing the great videos!