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Hop Rhizomes

Woohoo! It is time for the
Main Street 2010 Hop Rhizome Extravaganza!

Last year we sold hundreds and hundreds of rhizomes and many people actually got a decent harvest on their first year's crop. Although that is not always the case, by the second - - and third - year, hops will be spilling out of your gardens.

We will have a limited amount of rhizomes of about seventeen varieties. They will all be of the female persuasion (this is good). They should arrive towards the middle to end of March, and you should not plant them (or buy them!) any later than mid-May. Hops are pretty hardy and are not really affected by the cold -- they can (and should be) planted in early Spring in order for them to establish themselves by Summer. Although you may not always see many buds the first year, by the third year you can harvest up to a pound of dried hop cones per plant.

Hops are easy to grow, but should have some kind of trellis or fence that they can go up. A fully mature hop plant can grow over thirty feet long in one Summer. Here is a link to an article about growing hops. We will be accepting pre-orders immediately, and should begin receiving our rhizomes in late March or early April.

Rhizome Variety	Characteristic	Alpha Acid	Price
Brewers Gold	European-style bittering hop, grandfather of most high alpha varieties	7 - 10	sold out for 2010
Cascade	Classic Northwest hop, citrusy, all-purpose	5 - 7	sold out for 2010
Centennial	Super-charged Cascade, grapefruit and citrus	9 - 12	sold out for 2010
Chinook	Piney and bitter, great for stouts	12 - 14	sold out for 2010
Fuggles	Woody, earthy English hop, great for bittering, good fr flavor	3 - 6	sold out for 2010
Galena	Good solid bittering hop, some pungent citrus character	10 - 14	sold out for 2010
Goldings	Herbal and aromatic, the ultimate English flavor and aroma hop	3 - 6	sold out for 2010
Hallertauer	Flowery and aromatic classic German flavoring and bittering hop	3 - 6	sold out for 2010
Mt Hood	Hallertauer hybrid, flowery and aromatic	3 - 6	sold out for 2010
Magnum	Very clean, intense bittering hop	14 - 17	sold out for 2010
Newport	New high alpha hop	12 - 17	sold out for 2010
Nugget	High alpha bittering hop	12 - 17	sold out for 2010
Perle	Clean European bittering hop, great for ales and lagers	5 - 8	sold out for 2010
Saaz	Spicy and peppery, definitive Czech pilsner noble hop	3- 6	sold out for 2010
Sterling	Spicy, peppery and some floweriness -- use as a Saaz replacement	3 - 6	sold out for 2010
Willamette	Earthy and mild, great mild bittering and flavoring hop	3 - 6	sold out for 2010
Zeus	excellent bittering, flavoring and aroma hop - very similar to Columbus	12 - 18	sold out for 2010