Brought in almost 9 pounds of Centennial cones today, roughly 11 gallons of 'em. Way more than I expected. They're in the drying rig and the house is filled with the amazingly intense aroma of hops! (spouse just walked past my office and said "It totally
reeks!" Yeah, baby!
)
I'm definitely going to be giving some dried/vac-bagged/frozen hops away this year. Between the Centennial, Chinook and Cascade I'm probably going to end up with around 7 pounds of dried cones, and I still have hops left over from
last year. Someone in this group warned me last year this was gonna happen. It's a high-class problem to have, for sure
The beer is my house "home-grown-hopped IPA", using my Chinook, Cascade and Centennial. Seemed appropriate!
Cheers!