Growing Hops in North Carolina
Hops Leroux Creek Foods. Photo from Delta County Independent US hops are typically grown in Washington and California, as well as a handful of other states with warm weather and low humidity, but these...
View ArticleGrowing hops in limited space
Growing your own hops can be a great extension of your home brewing adventures. Not only are you making something of your own, you are even using ingredients that you grew. Not to mention that you can...
View ArticleHarvesting Home-Grown Hops
If you are a craft beer drinker, you have probably noticed a few “fresh hop” beers hitting the taps of your local brewery lately. Or seen a few “randallized” beers being poured at special events....
View ArticleVisit the NC State Research Hop Yards
North Carolina’s craft beer scene is booming. But you probably already knew that. With over 60 breweries in the state, and recent announcements from Sierra Nevada, New Belgium and Oskar Blues that...
View ArticleAre Hops a Viable Crop in North Carolina?
We have another guest post today by a good friend of mine, Keil Janson, who is the organizer of the annual Brew Durham Festival, which we have attended each of the last two years. Keil is an avid...
View ArticleHops 4 Hope “Grow Together” Program
Hops for Hope, a new hop farm in Charlotte, NC, has put together a program with the goal of teaching people how to grow hops in North Carolina. Their program, “Grow Together,” is a land share...
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