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

Shipping is FREE for hop orders. There is a ONE TIME $3.00 handling charge on each COMPLETE ORDER of hop rhizomes. Shipping begins in early March and continues as long as rhizomes stay dormant (usually sometime in April). We offer a wholesale price of $2.65 each of 100 or more hops of the same variety of the following hops....Cascade, Nugget, Willamette. Mt.Hood. Perle and Sterling. These will be hops we dig from commericial fields here in Oregon not from our organically grow hops. You will need to order these by phone or email. herbs@thymegarden.com or 1-800-487-8670.

MANY THANKS TO THE THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS THAT MADE 2009 AN AWESOME SEASON. WE ARE NOW TAKING ORDERS FOR HOPS TO BE SHIPPED IN EARLY 2010 IN THE ORDER RECEIVED. BECAUSE WE WON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO HARVEST UNTIL FEBRUARY PLEASE INCLUDE A SUBSTITUTE OR TWO IN THE COMMENT BOX AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR ORDER FORM. IF YOU ARE JUST INTERESTED IN A GREAT HOP TO GROW PUT (ANYTHING). IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SUBSTITUTE ANOTHER HOP PUT (REFUND). THIS WILL HELP EXPEDITE YOUR ORDER. WE CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH THIS WILL BE APPRECIATE BY US AT HOP HOP SHIPPING TIME! BE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR LITTLE VIDEO BELOW.

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 to Hawaii or 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 produce 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.

There is some great information from the OSU Extension Service and the Oregon Hops Commission about growing hops at this site... www.oregonhops.org


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



If you would like to see a little video of The Thyme Garden in action packing your hops click on this link - Happy Hoppers. This is most of The Thyme Garden family. Husband and wife Rolfe and Janet Hagen and daughter Bethany. Daughter Emily is missing. We aren't always this crazy, but maybe most of the time. We just love working together and doing the work we do. We send along a little of our good energy with each of our orders.


 
  Quan.   Description Price
1.   CASCADE - alpha 4-6% (TAKING ORDERS FOR 2010)
Item No. H5010		 $5.35
2.   CENTENNIAL - alpha 8-11% (TAKING ORDERS FOR 2010)
Item No. H5020		 $5.95
3.   CHINOOK - alpha 12% (TAKING ORDERS FOR 2010)
Item No. H5030		 $5.95
4.   FUGGLE - alpha 4-5.5% (TAKING ORDERS FOR 2010)
Item No. H5040		 $5.35
5.   HALLERTAUER - alpha 3-5% (TAKING ORDERS FOR 2010)
Item No. H5050		 $5.95
6.   KENT GOLDING - alpha 4-6% (TAKING ORDERS FOR 2010)
Item No. H5053		 $5.95
7.   MAGNUM - alpha 12-17% (TAKING ORDERS FOR 2010)
Item No. H5055		 $5.95
8.   MT. HOOD - alpha 4-5% (TAKING ORDERS FOR 2010)
Item No. H5060		 $5.35
9.   NORTHERN BREWER - alpha 7-9% (TAKING ORDERS FOR 2010)
Item No. H5070		 $5.95
10.   NUGGET - alpha 11-14% (TAKING ORDERS FOR 2010)
Item No. H5080		 $5.35
11.   PERLE - alpha 5-8% (TAKING ORDERS FOR 2010)
Item No. H5090		 $5.95
12.   PRIDE OF RINGWOOD - alpha 9-11% (TAKING ORDERS FOR 2010)
Item No. H5100		 $5.95
13.   STERLING - alpha 6-9% (TAKING ORDERS FOR 2010)
Item No. H5120		 $5.95
14.   WILLAMETTE - alpha 4-6% (TAKING ORDERS FOR 2010)
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.