Preparing Hop Samples for Quality Analysis

Happy hop harvest everyone! As you may know, our University of Vermont Extension Hop Quality Testing Laboratory is now up and running. We want to thank everyone for supporting the lab! We have received many samples over the last few weeks. As samples have been coming in, however, we have noticed that many are above […]

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014 at 10:43 am and is filed under What's Hoppening.

2012 Hops Variety Trial Report

Greetings, We are excited to announce that the variety trial report developed from data collected in 2012 is now available! It’s long, but there’s a lot of really good information in there, including yield comparisons from the first and second year of harvest, brew values for the 19 publicly available varieties in the UVM Extension […]

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This entry was posted on Thursday, February 28th, 2013 at 2:10 pm and is filed under What's Hoppening.

UVM Extension 2013 Winter Hops Conference – Save the Date!

Greetings all! We are excited to announce the date of the annual UVM Extension Winter Hops Conference!  Please mark your calendars, this year’s event will take place on Friday, February 22, 2013 at The Essex in Essex, VT.  As the date gets nearer, we will post registration details here on What’s Hoppening.  The day is […]

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This entry was posted on Monday, December 17th, 2012 at 3:49 pm and is filed under Uncategorized, What's Hoppening.

Hop Harvest Readiness Calculator – New Online Tool!

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This entry was posted on Monday, August 27th, 2012 at 3:34 pm and is filed under What's Hoppening.

Hop Harvest Readiness

In the Northeast, hop harvest generally begins in mid-August and continues through mid-September.  Harvest date is primarily dependent on the hop variety.  However weather can delay or hasten when a harvest will occur. Another factor that can influence harvest date is pest issues, including heavy spider mite and downy mildew infestations. In the major hop […]

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This entry was posted on Friday, August 24th, 2012 at 9:24 am and is filed under What's Hoppening.