homegrown hops Archives

Ted & Paul’s Fresh Hop Ale 2013

December 5, 2013chopandbrewRECIPESfresh hop, homegrown hops, hop back, hoppy beer, how to brew beer at home, how to brew with fresh hops, how to brew with wet hops, paul trombley, ted Weidman, wet hop2 Comments

As with most brew days around Ted’s garage, this beer was fairly random and chaotic. The following is the closest thing we could come up with to represent the goings-on of the brew day (seen brewed in Chop & Brew – Episode 14 and tasted in Chop & Brew – Episode 17). This “recipe” yield

Chop & Brew – Episode 11: Growing Hops at Home (Part 2)

August 23, 2013chopandbrewEPISODESchip walton, chop and brew, growing hops at home, growing your own hops, homebrewing, homegrown hops, hoppy beers, hops, how to dry hops, how to grow hops at home, how to harvest hops, how to make beer at home, michael dawson, ted Weidman15 Comments

You asked for a home hop progress report, Chop & Brew has one for you. With only a few weeks left in the hop-growing season – Chip, Dawson and Ted have late-summer updates on their home hop-growing efforts. (Well, Dawson and Ted do anyway.) We talk a bit about how to know when your hops