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Grow your own hops with our organically grown hop rhizomes for home brewing or micro brewing. Hops are easy to grow for shade and privacy as well. Our hops rhizomes are grown organically without the use of commercial fertilizers or pesticides.

Shipping is FREE for hop orders. There is a $3.00 handling charge.

Due to the quarantine on hops coming from outside the state of Washington we can't ship hops to Washington until the quarantine is lifted. We also do not ship hops out of the U.S...sorry.

We have enjoyed growing hops for years now because it is absolutely fascinating to watch them grow so vigorously, reaching lengths of up to 25 feet. Their use as ornamentals is limitless. They can be easily trained to grow up trellises to provide shade and privacy in the summer when it’s hot, then because they die back in the fall, they are gone when we want all the sun we can get! I have seen them work really well trained to grow up poles to form a teepee.

The use of hops began as a kitchen herb, mentioned by the Roman scholar Pliny for its edible shoots, which are eaten in spring like asparagus. French and German brewers began using them to preserve and flavor their beers in the ninth and tenth centuries. Bavarian Hops became famous by the eleventh century, but it wasn’t until the sixteenth that the English replaced their traditional bitter herbs (Alehoof and Alecost) with hops. The Massachusetts Company introduced them to North America in 1629, but it took until 1800 before it was an important field crop. The end of the Eastern U. S. market came in the 1920s with a major out break of downy mildew. Today most hops are grown in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and California. Hops have a long history of medicinal uses as well. Probably the most popular being its use as a sedative due to the substance called lupulin.

Hops are unisexual, only the female hops produces the flowers used in brewing. All rhizomes we offer are female. As the female flower matures, they form cone-like structures. The mature cones are 1 to 3 inches long, yellowish green and papery to the touch. They are generally harvested in August and September dried and used for brewing, medicinal or ornamental uses. Shipping begins in early March and continues as long as rhizomes stay dormant (Usually sometime in April).


( Alpha = Bitterness ) ( Lower alpha = Less bitter ) Scroll to bottom to add to cart.


  Quan.   Description Price
1.   CASCADE - alpha 4-6% (SOLD OUT UNTIL '09)
Item No. H5010
$5.35
2.   CENTENNIAL - alpha 8-11% (SOLD OUT UNTIL '09)
Item No. H5020
$5.95
3.   CHINOOK - alpha 12% (SOLD OUT UNTIL '09)
Item No. H5030
$5.95
4.   CRYSTAL - alpha 3-5% (SOLD OUT UNTIL '09)
Item No. H5035
$5.95
5.   FUGGLE - alpha 4-5.5% (SOLD OUT UNTIL '09)
Item No. H5040
$5.35
6.   HALLERTAUER - alpha 3-5% (SOLD OUT UNTIL '09)
Item No. H5050
$5.95
7.   MAGNUM - alpha 12-17% (SOLD OUT UNTIL '09)
Item No. H5055
$5.95
8.   MT. HOOD - alpha 4-5% (SOLD OUT UNTIL '09)
Item No. H5060
$5.35
9.   NORTHERN BREWER - alpha 7-9% (SOLD OUT UNTIL '09)
Item No. H5070
$5.95
10.   NUGGET - alpha 11-14% (SOLD OUT UNTIL '09)
Item No. H5080
$5.35
11.   PERLE - alpha 5-8% (SOLD OUT UNTIL '09)
Item No. H5090
$5.95
12.   PRIDE OF RINGWOOD - alpha 9-11% (SOLD OUT UNTIL '09)
Item No. H5100
$5.95
13.   SAAZ - alpha 3-6% (SOLD OUT UNTIL '09)
Item No. H5110
$5.95
14.   STERLING - alpha 6-9% (SOLD OUT UNTIL '09)
Item No. H5120
$5.95
15.   SUNBEAM GOLDEN HOP - alpha4-5% (SOLD OUT UNTIL '09)
Item No. H5125
$7.50
16.   WILLAMETTE - alpha 4-6% (SOLD OUT UNTIL '09)
Item No. H5150
$5.35
All prices in US Dollars

To use it as an aid for insomnia and restlessness the dried flower cones can be used in tea or stuffed in a hop pillow.

To make a hop pillow: Simply stuff a small muslin bag with some dried hop flowers, first sprinkling them with either alcohol, water or scented oil to reduce the crunchy sound. Other fragrant herbs may also be added to your pillow such as mint and chamomile or add mugwort for dreams too.

To make hop tea: Pour one cup boiling water over 1/2 - 1 tsp. of dried hops and let steep for 5-10 minutes. Can add honey and drink hot at bedtime.