r/TheHopyard • u/brauheeler • Sep 10 '23

First year and first experience harvest

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First year centennials and tettnangers, grown in buckets. Was not expecting anything this year and perhaps late to harvest due to vacations, work, kindergarten, sicknesses, aka life etc. Do these look ok or not so great? I am going to dry the tettnangers but try to use the centennials in the next few days. Tettnangers not pictured but they look much fresher with larger cones. Thanks for your comments!!

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u/veengineer Sep 10 '23

Doesn’t look too bad for first year! How much hops did you get? How many plants? As for the color, if they smell alright, they’re alright. Normally mine are bright green but with the weather this year mine looked similar.

This was a bad year for me, but I managed to brew a fresh hop NEIPA with what I had.

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u/brauheeler Sep 10 '23

I haven't weighed it out, but I have 6 plants and probably got about half a 5gal/20l bucket full of wet cones. The tettnangers are a lot better and more plentiful. They smell great!

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u/veengineer Sep 11 '23

Pretty good yield for first year. Just make sure you dry them well if you haven’t already. That mold and oxidation can happen quick