In the Hop Garden

[london calling]

Hops on the meridean:http://icipints.wordpress.com/2014/0...-the-meridian/
Sounds fun. Aren't Meantime fizz merchants?

Very impressive .A brewery with a capacity of 1.5 million pints a week is growing enough hops for 1750 pints of beer.9 pounds of hops cost about £180 pounds according to my calculations.Self promotion stunt?

[hondo]

"Curb Pilots, Trouser Trumpets and Green Diesel"
http://www.canterburytimes.co.uk/Hop...ail/story.html

[hondo]

http://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/09/...ing-portraits/

[london calling]

http://spitalfieldslife.com/2014/09/...ing-portraits/

That's a nice article.They didn't have hops where I grew up in Scotland but we went picking raspberries and strawberries.Cheap labour,hard work but lots of laughs and rain.

[hondo]

http://www.abbeydalebrewery.co.uk/bl...gins-of-a-name

http://www.abbeydalebrewery.co.uk/bl...wn-to-Hereford

[hondo]

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29456440

[Wittenden]

I've just read the hop related chapter of this Report from Nuffield Scholar,hop and fruit grower and luminary of the British Hop Association Ali Capper,who examines ways of promoting the British Hop industry.As with most British institutions, the answer lies in a niche. She goes on to discuss the cider, culinary and dessert apple market. http://nuffieldinternational.org/rep...itedreport.pdf

[oldboots]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddr...tish-hops.html

[Wittenden]

Drove along my favourite grape ,chestnut and hop lane on Friday:the Hukins have strung their hops , and the grapes are pruned, ready for more clement weather.In other news,I moved my Golding hop away from the veg garden. Just beginning to shoot.

[Wittenden]

Coming to a hop garden near me:http://gaddsbeershop.blogspot.co.uk/