How's everyones hops plants doing so far?

[Shane Phelan]

I have never used fuggles before but they smell great and are absolutely plastered with lupulin. When they are dried this could change though....?

[imark]

My fuggles smell great. I think I picked a tad too early but what the heck.
More interested in my cascade cos I want to make a wet hop brew with them. That's something you can't do unless you grow your own really.

[delzep]

I'll harvest my fuggles in a day or two

do you lads just pop them in a paper back and into the hotpress for a day or two, then bag them and into the freezer they go?

[imark]

I'll harvest my fuggles in a day or two

do you lads just pop them in a paper back and into the hotpress for a day or two, then bag them and into the freezer they go?

That's what I'm doing. They're pretty dry after a couple of days. I'm going to dry for another couple of days and then freeze.

[Shane Phelan]

I'll harvest my fuggles in a day or two

do you lads just pop them in a paper back and into the hotpress for a day or two, then bag them and into the freezer they go?

I'm thinking of putting them in a sieve in the hot press. Might give them an 'aul sthur every now and again.

[Ciderhead]

And your boxers will smell lovely

Sent from my divining rod v2.0

[Shane Phelan]

Amongst other things! I didn't get anything from my first gold hops though....

[brenmurph]

Does anybody have hops that are as pungent and as pleasant as what they buy from online shop. I dired out my fuggles from this year and they just dont smell right at all.

j

All mine are very aromatic. Especially de saaz. Bit like fresh coffee versus instant

[Metattron]

I had a huge crop of Fuggles this year, some Challenger and a handful of cascade.  All drying on paper towels, just moving them about a bit every now and then.

[Brewer Gerard]

I'll harvest my fuggles in a day or two

do you lads just pop them in a paper back and into the hotpress for a day or two, then bag them and into the freezer they go?

I made an oast by sticking a hairdryer in the side of a cardboard box. placed the hops on oven shleves spaced apart using teacups. taped it all up and poked some small holes in the end for air to eascape. Worked quite well i must say

[Tom]

Torn between drying some of the hops (Fuggles maybe) and making a wet hop with the rest, or just putting the lot in wet and hoping for the best...

Still some way off a harvest for me yet though. At least another week. No dryness, no crinkly brown edges, not much aroma, only a modest amount of lupulin.

BTW: drying won't affect the lupulin levels. It will oxidise some of the essential oils slightly, but only if you overdo the temp. Which you can't in a hotpress.

[ColMack]

I got 1kg of wet hops from my second year Target.  That's plenty for me.
I'm drying them in big brown paper potato sacks.  I'll weigh them again before bagging to see how much moisture they lose.
How many days at room temp should it take?  I'm thinking 3 or 4?

[johnrm]

Ikea do Hop Dryers...
http://www.ikea.com/ie/en/catalog/categories/departments/childrens_ikea/20477-2/

I used these last year. Perfect!

[delzep]

got 253g of Fuggles 

[johnrm]

Good man.
Wet or dry?