so the story goes something like this...

I will keep the blog posting relatively short. Doug and I are getting together shorty to record another episode of Home Brewing Perspectives. We are both really psyched to get the show rolling again.

My Cascade Hops never seemed to recover from the animal attack. Once the possum dug up my rhizomes, they never seemed to recover. I only got small vines (maybe 3 feet tall) and obviously no harvest.

I was luckier with the Brewer's Gold that I planted in my father's garden. We got solid growth, 5 vines at least 8 feet tall. The harvest was small (probably about 20 cones total), but I am completely confident that they will be coming back next year stronger with a larger harvest...pictures and more details to come.

Let me know how your harvest was this year. I hope most of you were luckier than I was this year!

Back in the Swing of Things...

So I think this is a valid excuse for falling off the face of the earth. Apologies to all the followers of this blog. Something crazy happens when you have your first child and everything else takes a back seat. Nicholas was born on 8/21/08...from the day of his birth he has consumed every waking minute of my "free" time. Hobbies didn't even cross my mind. He is now 2 months old and I finally feel like I have some time on my hands. I am back in work, and have a whole lot of catching up to do with a lot of people.

My tragic hop update is coming soon!