Hops for brewing

[GodfreyRob]

Hope to  grow my own hops this year - does anyone know of a good supplier of plants?

[GodfreyRob]

[manicscousers]

I'll be interested in any answers, I'm looking for one

[DavidW]

Try this firm, i purchased some few years ago for my allotment


http://www.aplus-hops.co.uk/
David

[Vinlander]

As with most unusual stuff a good source is agroforestry.co.uk - you will find lots of other stuff you'll be interested in too - a warning on that - if it is new to you and just says edible then it means famine food. If it says edible and delicious then it's worth buying.

Cheers.

[adrianhumph]

 Hi Godfreyrob,
                          I do not know much about purchasing hop plants, but as a keen brewer I do know a bit about hops :D Please bear in mind that if you want them for brewing rather than decoration, you will have to dry the bines, then strip the cones from the bines. Then before you brew with them you will need to know the alpha acid content of the hops. This is a measure of their bitterness. To brew successfully  you will need to know this figure. I do not think this is practicable on a DIY basis. You could take a chance & brew some beer, but you could be wasting an awful lot of time & money on ingredients & end up with undrinkable beer :(  Personally, I always buy my hops from a specialist retailer & I can formulate recipes knowing the type of hop I am buying.

                                                                                         Adrian.

[Robert_Brenchley]

How did people manage before the science was invented?

[DavidW]

Hi, i've grown hops on my allotment for 6 years and brewed all grain beer with them, no problems to date. I've used Golding and Fuggles hops both approx 4.5 IBU's. You can use these quite succefully as bittering hops but are most usefull as aroma hops in the last mins of boil. The hops are easily grown, but you will need a high frame for them to climb up. the only pain is picking them and drying them.

Hope this helps
David

[tonybloke]

How did people manage before the science was invented?

probably had several years to perfect the technique / amounts used?

[DavidW]

Just follow the recipes, nothing special about that

David