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Columbus/Tomahawk/Zues KSWbeer: Columbus, Tomahawk and Zeus (CTZ): A hop by any other name…

I did a 120 min IPA and am thinking of icing it to bump up the ABV. 1) what is the best temperature to chill to to get water to freeze and not alcohol? 2) Do you collect the ice to concetrate wort? If so how do you get the ice out of a 6 1/2 gallon glass carboy? Thanks

you may burn up the compressor clicking on and off so frequently

i'm thinking of attempting this myself, but am concerned about the oil content of the seeds.

yeh 650 plants may seem like alot, but it only takes up an acre:rockin: I hope I can sell these things, otherwise i'm gonna have to be stirrin hops with a boat paddle in all of my home brews, anyone have a torpedo recipie? Several local breweries are into the idea of locally grown organic...

Weird huh? My second year Cascades are 15 feet tall with almost fully developed cones. todays date is May 20th. I live in South Carolina and we have had some record high temps. I even cut back the first growth beginning of april. Irrigated daily with about 8 hrs of direct sun exposure. I've been...

I have an acre of organic hops growing in camden. 22000 lbs is just crazy. You can expect between 1-2 lbs per plant of dried hops in a 3 yr old plant. Growing hops in South Carolina has a few challenges. Japanese Beetles are like locusts. and a few of those 107 degree days can hurt your crop so...

are you digging up the shoot or snipping it off ground level? are you using a root propagator gel after you cut them?

very cool, thanks man.

I used 1 oz. McCormick orange extract in a wheat beer dry hopped with 1 oz. cascade hops. it was rediculously overpowering. just my personal experience.

we may get a few nights in the 20's but rarely get snow, soil temp never gets below freezing.

I live in sc, and have an abundance of pine straw, will a layer of straw work as mulch?

What are the normal procedures for trimming back hop bines in the winter?

Has anyone attempted tissue propagation for hop rhyzomes? the kit costs $250 and comes with all the necessary equiptment I've got 30 plants and would like to expand rapidly... from what I understand is it is basically cloning on a microscopic level... any advice?

Yeh, If I went through the trouble of cross pollenating some new hops strain, and then got it patented, I wouldnt want some dude jumping my fence and stealing from my hop yard.