Harvest - Year 1

[WishboneBrewery]

Here's my tiny hop harvest:
139g of Fuggle hops:

16g or Challenger hops:

I dare say I'm going to mix the Challenger with the Fuggles and dry them out together in news paper pockets
It seems the greenfly are doing their best to climb out of the plastic bowl, bet a missed the odd tiny caterpillar!

[6470zzy]

Don't feel bad about your harvest by any means, mine was so small that I only managed 54 flowers from my one Cascade bine. Not even enough to take a picture of really. I Just tossed them into the IPA that I brewed on Friday at flame out, but them rather got lost in the overpowering aroma of the Centennial hops. There's always next year.....................


Cheers

[WishboneBrewery]

Naa, I never expected anything this year... I knew I was planting late so I have higher hopes for next year.
They are a lovely looking plant while they are growing anyway

[bingolittle]

Ooh. Nice. I want to grow some hops next year. Any idea what the best time of year to plant them?

[JammyBStard]

Spring I believe.

Any idea how you can work out the IBU?

[WishboneBrewery]

I wasn't going to worry about the IBUs, I'll just chuck the lot into a brew at 15 mins

[WishboneBrewery]

Just packed these up in a sandwich box now they are dry. Weighed in at 40g