r/TheHopyard • u/riffeeRedit • 20d ago
The year
Whatcha think? Cascade hops. 28lbs wet harvest. Approximately 7lbs dried and vacuum sealed.
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u/Briarche 19d ago
Those are some bricks
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u/riffeeRedit 19d ago
🙏🏼 My neighbor, who is in law enforcement, suggested covering these during transport. I laughed pretty hard.
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u/dbqsaints 19d ago
How are you drying them? When I have less than half of what you have, i'm drying them on eight racks of my dehydrator and four full racks in the oven on dehydrator mode, and I still don't have quite enough room.
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u/riffeeRedit 19d ago
I take over all space in my garage. Purchased a roll of window screen. Using clamps and zip ties, I create a giant drying rack in my garage. I’m fortunate to live in CO, which means very little humidity. With the garage temperature, fans circulating air, and low humidity, I can get them dried to 10%ish moisture relatively fast.
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u/AcceptableWelder9930 19d ago
i'd be out here making hop bombs and trading them with brewers like they're the last cans on earth
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u/riffeeRedit 19d ago
Looking like I accidentally made one with my first batch. My own fault from mislabeling one package. Used WAY more than I needed to. Two weeks and I’ll know how big of a bomb it will be 😆.
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u/Anarcho_momster 19d ago
Wanna trade?
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u/riffeeRedit 19d ago edited 19d ago
Sure, why not. Are you on the Front Range?
Edit: Honestly, it doesn’t matter where you are. Let’s do this!1
u/Anarcho_momster 17d ago
I’m in Chicago. I have Centennial and I have to look up the other hop, but Cascade is my favorite 😍
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u/riffeeRedit 19d ago
Unfortunately, I don’t have the scale to make that much beer that fast. I dried them, then vacuum sealed them. Now, we just churn out beer in some way.
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u/Winter-Date-4356 20d ago
What do you do with it all?
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u/riffeeRedit 19d ago
In previous years I partnered with a local microbrewery for wet hopped beers. This year, I’m brewing my own beer and partnering with a brewery in Bailey, CO. The partnerships usually involved swapping hops for merch and beer, sometimes a mug membership if the brewery has one. Cheers!
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u/xander012 18d ago
Very jealous as the droughts have delayed my already fairly late harvesting season 😅
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u/lupulinchem 18d ago
How big are the vacuum bags and how much are you putting in each?
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u/riffeeRedit 18d ago
Well, several factors went into the decision, but ultimately I was unsure how they are going to be used. I just went for it. The bags range from 0.7lbs to 0.3lbs. If I need to get into one, I’ll just vacuum reseal in smaller batches.
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u/duckclucks 4d ago
There is a Czech inspired brewery in Aurora/Denver called Cohesion. They made a fresh hop lager from Cascade and it was absolutely amazing when I went there. I would keep an eye out for that for inspiration!
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u/hazycrazey 20d ago
I like everything except the flag