Local Hop Heads

Attention Local Hop Growers!!!
Please bring your freshly picked hops in to Lewis and Clark Brewing Company NOW THRU WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5th so we can brew our annual batch of Neighborhood IPA.

Be a part of this annual brew and bring your freshly picked hop cones either in paper bags or plastic bags NOT tied shut (they need to breathe!). Hop donators will receive beer tokens and discounts on this special beer while it lasts. Don't have hops? We also need pickers to pick in our hop garden at the brewery! Beer tokens for your work!

Already are getting donations and the hops look amazing! Thank you!!

Just a heads up, an order has been placed for Cascade rhizomes which should be here in the next couple of days. They will be $3.00 each during the Annual Local Hop Heads meeting at the Lewis and Clark Brewing Company (Date to be announced.....soon!)

Let's talk aphid control!!! Planting clover around your hops attracts ladybugs and we all know what they eat. APHIDS!! Lets keep these hops organic!!

Local Hop Head meeting next Thursday, May 5th at 6pm in the Lewis & Clark Taproom! Cascade rhizomes for sale for $3 (our cost). Bring your questions and comments and enjoy a beer with other Hop Heads! John and Christian will be our hosts!

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Hop rhizomes have been ordered and we will post when the annual Hop Head meeting will take place! It will probably be the first week of May at Lewis and Clark Brewing Company

Brews Reporter » Blog Archive » Hop Growing at Home Growing hops at home is among the more rewarding non-brewing activities a homebrewer could do. There’s a little upfront investment for a trellis, some planning involved and patience, but when those first cones start to come in, the harvest season can’t come soon enough.

Friends, the harvest turned out great! Thanks for all of the help. We had approximately 50 to 55lbs of freshly grown Helena hops to use this year in the Neighborhood IPA, which is about double what we had last year. you guys all rock! See you in the Tap Room in a few more weeks. We'll raise a pint in celebration. Cheers! -John

Greetings my fellow local (Helena) hop heads! John here. I am writing to let you know that the L&C Brewery peeps have a plan for the 2010 Neighborhood IPA. Read on...

Hey everyone, this years' LOCAL HOP HEADS meeting will be on Wednesday, May 5th (CINCO DE MAYO!) at the Lewis & Clark Tap Room in Helena, Montana at 6pm. I've got 150 Cascade rhizomes on sale for 3 bucks each. Spread the word! -John McLellan

Hey Hop Heads! Cascade Hop Rhizomes have been ordered and should be here the end of April. Stay tuned for a Hop Head meeting the first week of May with John so we can distribute and discuss hops! There is a sign up sheet at the Lewis & Clark Brewery to reserve yours. When they are gone, they are gone for the season. $3 each rhizome (our cost).

Here's a pretty cool article (with accompanying video) on one family's hop farm in Washington. The harvest is so huge that it blows my mind.

http://www.americasheartland.org/episodes/episode_422/hops_crops.htm #

America's Heartland - Episode 422 - Hops Crops Hops are one of America's must unusual crops, but critical in the making of beer. Paul Ryan gets the lowdown on hops and beer in Washington State.