Map of Wild Hop locations in the UK
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shame not everyone is sharing, thought we were a community...
If someone posts there are hops a plenty in hedgerows and climbing up trees but the location is 20 miles plus from me I wont be going, my local HBS is only a couple of miles and I can get hops more easily from them.
So to be selfish in counties a hundred or so miles from other peoples location speaks volumes for your character, remember karma is a bitch and if you spotted the hops someone else will have too, you might get there next September to find they have all been stripped by say a new micro brewery wanting to use green hops in their brews, and need every single one of them for the volumes produced. Frankly I couldn't give a stuff about any hops growing outside Cheshire anyway but its just nice to know they are out there
If someone posts there are hops a plenty in hedgerows and climbing up trees but the location is 20 miles plus from me I wont be going, my local HBS is only a couple of miles and I can get hops more easily from them.
So to be selfish in counties a hundred or so miles from other peoples location speaks volumes for your character, remember karma is a bitch and if you spotted the hops someone else will have too, you might get there next September to find they have all been stripped by say a new micro brewery wanting to use green hops in their brews, and need every single one of them for the volumes produced. Frankly I couldn't give a stuff about any hops growing outside Cheshire anyway but its just nice to know they are out there
johnbarleycorn
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Was on a train going through Lewisham a couple of weeks ago.....lots of hops growing through the hedges next to the lines......
AdrianTrace
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Spotted some hedgerow hops on holiday a few weeks ago, visiting the tearooms in Selworthy (Exmoor). Only slightly hoppy when split open, but it was end of August. Added them anyway.
Pop a cone open and sniff/taste the lupulin. If it's good, off you go :thumb:
Pop a cone open and sniff/taste the lupulin. If it's good, off you go :thumb:
I recall a thread on the forum (this one) on the subject of wild hops. As a rule of thumb, wild hops are going to be Goldings, was the conclusion.
I have no idea as to whether this is correct or not, although it seems a very reasonable start point. Since English hops, in English sort of a beer might set you back ã2-ã5 a 40 pint batch, delivered to your door, why, in the name of sanity, would anyone go out of their way to pick, treat, dry and then use hops in a brew that costs them 4 hours + of their life when they know zip about how much benefit they might bring?
To me, a "hop map" is an interesting diversion from actually making any beer. It is a sort of Natural History investigation, rather than anything else.
I have bought 100g of hops for as little as ã1-ã2 and they were perfectly fine, from the perspective of just making beer.
I have no idea as to whether this is correct or not, although it seems a very reasonable start point. Since English hops, in English sort of a beer might set you back ã2-ã5 a 40 pint batch, delivered to your door, why, in the name of sanity, would anyone go out of their way to pick, treat, dry and then use hops in a brew that costs them 4 hours + of their life when they know zip about how much benefit they might bring?
To me, a "hop map" is an interesting diversion from actually making any beer. It is a sort of Natural History investigation, rather than anything else.
I have bought 100g of hops for as little as ã1-ã2 and they were perfectly fine, from the perspective of just making beer.
robert_taylor1984
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Just stumbled across this thread and the link doesn't seem to be working anymore or is it just mei on my phone
Doesn't work for me either.
But it was 6 years ago & you can bet non commercial links like that won't be maintained or supported over that time
But it was 6 years ago & you can bet non commercial links like that won't be maintained or supported over that time
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