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Well fellow hop growers, Hopboy is off tomorrow, Tuesday, to visit the hop fields of Colorado. Day One: Tour Trumbo Palisade peaches, second stop, Palisade Brewry. Then its off to the Grand Mesa to explore for new fishing and camping areas. Day Two: 9:30am Meet Dr. Ron Godin, PhD of Colorado...

As I have stated before, I grow hops and drink beer. My brew buddy brews. Today, I am off to his house, yard, to the Kupferschmidt Biergartens. There we will being enjoying a sampling of his Frambrozen(s) and another Belgian style, The Farmhouse Ale. My delimma: Its 30 blocks away. If I...

First year hop growers have many questions. First, hops need patience. First year you won't see much growth. Second maybe full grown. Might be third year before you get flowers. Before you know it they will take over your flower bed or yard. Next, they need sun light. The more sunlight the...

"Homegrown Hops" by David R. Beach Great book with a lot of Hop growing answers. Hard to find now. Bought some used editions on ebay last year for backyard growers. Also: CSU Specialty crops department has some good reading on the website. I wouldn't pay too much attention to the report by...

Pardon me for being late to the hop growing discussion. Don't know if the following info helps but hey better late than never. I am not a brewer but do like to grow hops. My close friend has been brewing for 20 years...if I joined him I would weigh 800lbs. by now. I have 50 feet of hops in 4...