Beer Forum

Thanks to our mild winter, my hops have decided it's time to wake up. Having spent the last two years trying to keep up with their growth by building a trellis as needed, I decided to bite the bullet and build a real trellis ahead of time.

That's awesome. My next house will have a hop garden/trellis of some kind. I'm thinking cascades, centennial, colombus and chinook. I've never asked, but is all the work with the tending/care and harvesting and drying worth it?

Yes.
is all the crushing, cleaning, boiling, chilling, and sanitizing worth it?

I have 1 cascades plant on the side of my garage, I just picked up 3 more, and planted them on Tuesday.
Last year i lost them due to the hurricane that came up the east coast, hopefully this year will be better!

My Cascades are about 4 feet tall already here in CT. I was hoping to have my trellis repaired from storm damage last year but I haven't had a chance. Best get moving.

8foot Magnums, 4foot Nugget, 3foot sterlings and my little cascades are only about 2 feet.
1st year with more than 1 variety, so cool how the plants look different didn't expect much of a difference.
Spring in PA.

My 3rd year Cascades are over 13' and ran out of stuff to grow on. My other 4 varieties of new plantings are 2-3' high. Exciting times!

My cascades, centennials, and nuggets are all about 4-5 feet in ct! Should be a good season.