Wild hop in oxfordshire

[MattGuk]

Hi all I am new to this forum.
Im looking to find some wild hops in oxfordshire, mai.ly west oxfordshire.
Ant guys or gals on here from oxfordshire know where I could find some in a few months?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

[Beer O'Clock]

Hi all I am new to this forum.
Im looking to find some wild hops in oxfordshire, mai.ly west oxfordshire.
Ant guys or gals on here from oxfordshire know where I could find some in a few months?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

No mate. Nothing to see here....move along

[MattGuk]

I did find a post from coatesg regarding hops he picked a few years ago so i may have to ask him

[boingy]

If I knew where to find some but I had no intention of telling you, would you want to know or would you prefer that I didn't say anything at all....

[Beer O'Clock]

If I knew where to find some but I had no intention of telling you, would you want to know or would you prefer that I didn't say anything at all....

My point exactly

[MattGuk]

Oh.... Ok, i thought homebrew forums were all about SHARING usefull information and tips, but perhaps im wrong. Not to worry i have found somewhere as is happens

[boingy]

Sharing yes, but only within reason.
The ones I may know about yielded just enough for one 40 litre brew so I'll be nabbing them if I get the chance.

So, will you be sharing the location of the ones you've just found?

[MattGuk]

Possibly, if the information I got is acurate then I will share as its only just a 15 min drive my house. I really want to try make a wild hop ipa lol

[borischarlton]

There are loads that grow in the hedges, once you get your eye in you can spot them everywhere. There is a hop farm in Oxfordshire and if you check the hedgerows near there it's full of them

Rob

[Dr. Dextrin]

Yes, just go for a walk down some footpaths that have been there for a while and you'll soon find some.

[MattGuk]

Ok thanks for the information, its funny that i have never spotted them, but if you look then you shall find.
Is that the hop farm in kinston/southmoor area?

[Beer O'Clock]

Oh.... Ok, i thought homebrew forums were all about SHARING usefull information and tips, but perhaps im wrong.

It's also about having a sense of humour, but perhaps I'm wrong

[MattGuk]

Sorry mate, was down right grumpy last night.
I believe I have found one place and im going to check it out tonight to see if there are any growing, will let you all know if they are. I really want to try wild hops as some people say they do produce good results, but more have to used due to low AA%?
anybody had much luck with them?

Cheers

[BeerEagle]

You won't have any idea what the AA% of those hops will be. Could be low, could be high. So you'll be taking a risk using them for bittering.

I would recommend bittering with a known hop and then use your wild ones late, for flavour and aroma.

Each of those wild hop plants will be from a seed from two unknown parents and will be as different as human kids are from their siblings even though they (might) have the same parents.

[MattGuk]

Thanks for the info regarding AA%, I was thinking of making a wild IPA bittering with magnum and flavor and arome with wild.
I just the information on location of these is correct.
Im going to check it out tonight but do u think I will see any cones yet? Obviously they wont be ready to harvest but hopefully I will see some immature cones at least