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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have about 20 hop plants, and I recommend
harvesting them before they turn brown. I check their content of lupulin by
looking between the petals of the cones in the month of august. I then
crush one cone between my fingers to see how they smell, the cones should be
very aromatic when harvested and your hands become sticky if you have to pick
hop cones for a whole day like me. I dry my cones before use. I have never known
any one to use un-dryed fresh hops for brewing. I have tried a few differnt ways
to dry hops, and finialy do what my friend Pierre Rajotte does. Which is
spreading them divided by variety in a thin layer upstairs in my barn. If you do
not dry your hops enough before storing them in a air tight container they will
be ruined, they need to be well dryed before storage. You can either freeze
your hops, or like me just store them in large air tight containers. If the
cones are slightly brown<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>, you can still use
them, but I usualy throw them out as I harvest at least 20
lbs.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Cheers,</DIV>
<DIV>Deborah Wood----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=hist-brewing@pbm.com
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 06, 2003 7:35
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> hist-brewing: question
re:hops</DIV>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Hello... I have grown some hops in my yard...[first timer].
My question is this... should I use the buds green or brown? I had to harvest
because of frost and I have kept them separate....the "brown" ones smell great
and also have loads of lupulin dust on them.If this is not a valid question
for this forum please excuse me....normally I just lurk...........</FONT>
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