2011 Hop Crop - and the Homebrewer?

[timmcmanus]

I never really cared for Amarillo.  To me it tastes too close to St. Joseph Baby Aspirin.

[hopfenundmalz]

@chaz

@hopfenundmalz

Simcoe is a Yakima Chief/Select Botanicals hop, and it is grown at 3 farms.

I know one farm is Loftus Ranches. I toured it during Hop Union’s Hop and Brew School in 2009.

Nothing like walking through a field of Simcoe… anyone going to that this year?

Loftus, Carpenter and Perrault, from the Hop Union Hop Variety Handbook.

[tschmidlin]

@tschmidlin

Remind me later and I’ll check the hops I have at home.  They are labeled with the farms, I have simcoe and amarillo.

Ok, I lied.  They are labeled with farm codes and some of them also have the names, but none of the Amarillo do.  The Simcoe I have are all from Perrault.  Now if we knew how Hop Union numbers the farms we’d be in business.

For what it’s worth, the info sheet I have has 2 different farm codes for Amarillo, and 3 (plus FreshHops) for Simcoe.

[timberati]

I never really cared for Amarillo.  To me it tastes too close to St. Joseph Baby Aspirin.

Interesting. I pick up a dirt taste with Amarillo. I suppose I should say “earthy”.

[chumley]

The one hop variety I’d like to try, but am told it too will be in short supply, is Sorachi Ace.

Guess come September I will start pinging the Puterbaugh Farms website in hopes of getting a pound of some of these varieties when they get listed.

[tankdeer]

@chumley

The one hop variety I’d like to try, but am told it too will be in short supply, is Sorachi Ace.

Guess come September I will start pinging the Puterbaugh Farms website in hopes of getting a pound of some of these varieties when they get listed.

I got a pound of it from them a few months ago - maybe March or April. So my guess is that at least last year it wasn’t in too short of a supply. BTW, it’s quite nice.