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Offline VonMessa

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Nugget harvest time !
« on: September 13, 2011, 07:16:56 AM »
Mmmm.  Nugget hops.  My favorite. 

OK, I lie.

They are all my favorite.  :rock














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Re: Nugget harvest time !
« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2011, 07:21:14 AM »

Nefarious posted his crop on FB a few days ago.  I thing you created a monster out of that poor kid!



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Re: Nugget harvest time !
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2011, 08:16:23 AM »
Wrong kind of crop......... :bolt:
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Re: Nugget harvest time !
« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2011, 04:37:48 PM »
Do you chop the vine down at the end of the year? Mine are nugget too.

EDIT: I froze mine... I see you are drying yours? Whats the correct way oh Jedi Beer Master?
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Re: Nugget harvest time !
« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2011, 04:45:10 PM »
I believe dry/cure before storing/freezing, BUT, since you've already frozen it, I don't know if it's advisable to now cure it or just go with it as is.

Also, he is dehydrating his with a dehydrator, purists/hop-extremists would crucify Messy for his shortcut and what he's doing as they would consider it a forced/unatural process lacking the proper natural process of a slow drying/cureing.

Edit:  Not complaining btw, why wait a few weeks to start brewing it up when you can get going before this weekend?  Still gonna be awesome.
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Re: Nugget harvest time !
« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2011, 04:53:30 PM »
Quote from: Nefarious on September 13, 2011, 04:37:48 PM
Do you chop the vine down at the end of the year? Mine are nugget too.

EDIT: I froze mine... I see you are drying yours? Whats the correct way oh Jedi Beer Master?

I chop them off almost at ground level, just under the lowest cone.

There are a few schools of thought.  I believe that if you preserve them (dry/freeze, etc) that is the most important part so they don't get moldy,  I dry mine, then freeze them as most recipes are assuming that one is using dried hops, although I have used fresh hops in the past.  I have others drying on screens outside, also.  When I eventually finish building my press-brake, I am going to put them in a die I made and plug them in 1/2 oz. plugs for easier measuring  :aok

I have:
Nugget
Cascade
Stirling
Perle
Mt. Hood and
Hallertauer

The Nugget and Cascade fare the best out of them all.  I can cut and send a few rhizomes to you next spring if you like.  My sister just bought a farm a year or so ago and I am going to put a few more varieties at her house, also.  My new favorite hop for brewing is Citra.  They make an Awesome IPA with Chinook and Amarillo.

The Cascades that I grow here do not usually make it past the end of October as I usually use them to make about 20 gallons of a pumpkin lager to take to Punkin Chunkin every year.   :rock

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Re: Nugget harvest time !
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2011, 04:54:43 PM »
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Re: Nugget harvest time !
« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2011, 04:55:37 PM »
I should of added that this was my first year at growing them. I only yielded a few ounces wet.

I have some fruit trees in my backyard I plan on removing this year. I think I will start another trellis for some more varieties of hops.
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Quote from: 100hooch on July 27, 2014, 02:44:19 AM
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Re: Nugget harvest time !
« Reply #8 on: September 13, 2011, 04:58:14 PM »
Do you chop the vine at harvest? In other words, should I chop mine now?
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Re: Nugget harvest time !
« Reply #9 on: September 13, 2011, 05:29:41 PM »
Quote from: Nefarious on September 13, 2011, 04:58:14 PM
Do you chop the vine at harvest? In other words, should I chop mine now?

I always have.  Then I cut the first few bines that come up in spring.  After that, I'll start training the best 2 or 3 bines after that clip any that come up afterwards so all the energy goes into those 2 or 3.

This year I didn't get to them in time (one of the crossmembers on my trellis was broken) and they literally took over the garden before I had a chance to train them.  I broke a bunch of them trying to untangle them, so a few of them didn't fare so well.
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Re: Nugget harvest time !
« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2011, 05:31:38 PM »
Quote from: Babalonian on September 13, 2011, 04:45:10 PM
I believe dry/cure before storing/freezing, BUT, since you've already frozen it, I don't know if it's advisable to now cure it or just go with it as is.

Also, he is dehydrating his with a dehydrator, purists/hop-extremists would crucify Messy for his shortcut and what he's doing as they would consider it a forced/unatural process lacking the proper natural process of a slow drying/cureing.

Edit:  Not complaining btw, why wait a few weeks to start brewing it up when you can get going before this weekend?  Still gonna be awesome.

I actually dry them on the screens first.  The dehydrator is just to make sure all of the moisture is gone.  I have had them get moldy in the past.
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Re: Nugget harvest time !
« Reply #11 on: September 13, 2011, 06:01:25 PM »
The jeep looks even better, draped in hops.   :cheers:
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Re: Nugget harvest time !
« Reply #12 on: September 13, 2011, 07:24:55 PM »
Oh! Oh. Good. I was thinking butt-nuggets for some reason.

Far tastier thread than I originally thought. Cool beans -- er, nuggets rather.
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Re: Nugget harvest time !
« Reply #13 on: September 13, 2011, 07:25:07 PM »
When will the other buds be ready?    :banana:
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Re: Nugget harvest time !
« Reply #14 on: September 13, 2011, 07:29:03 PM »
Quote from: TheBug on September 13, 2011, 07:25:07 PM
When will the other buds be ready?    :banana:

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