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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 )
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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.
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