hops

Growing Challenger Hops

So the hops have been growing since the end of February which I think was a bit late to plant them but they have done really well all things considered. Had a few problems with them being attacked by slugs and bugs along the way but I’ve ended up with a good crop. Pics on this entry aren’t too good by the way. […]

6th October 201114th January 2014By Joe0 comments

Pale Ale

I’ve been drinking my latest ale. This time I’ve devised my own recipe using extra pale barley malt extract, wheat extract and 3 varieties of hops; East Kent Goldings, Ahtanum and Hallertauer Hersbrucker. I decided to boil as much water as I can which is about 10 litres with the stock pot we have. The final volume of beer is 23 litres which […]

28th February 201114th January 2014By Joe0 comments

Home Grown Hops

Well, I decided I would attempt to grow my own hops which should be interesting to use in some of my future ales. The variety I’ve gone for is Challenger. Mainly becuase they are fairly versatile. They’re based on Goldings but they have more resistance to disease so I’ve read. I ordered a hop rhizome off the internet (like pretty much everything else […]

26th February 201114th January 2014By Joe0 comments