Hops are ready

We’re on the back half of hop season at my house. Some of the vines are definitely past there prime. There are a few that might still be fresh, though time is getting short. I harvested a small amount the other morning before work and left them in a brown paper beg on the back porch. I might have time to make another harvest tomorrow morning. I will be posting pictures on the Brew Druid site in the next week or so, hopefully.

I am a little weary of using homegrown hops for the brewdruid project. I think I know most of the strains, but I have no idea how much bitterness they are capable of imparting. I will probably stick to using them for flavor and aroma for now. For bittering, I want to stick with the lab tested, IBU rated commercially available hop flowers initially.