For 2011 we have 14 different varieties available.

Cascade, Willamette, Centennial, Chinook, Columbus, Fuggle, Golding, Hallertau, Glacier, Horizon, Magnum, Northern Brewer Nugget and Tettnang.

Each rhizome sells for $4.25.

We cannot guarantee all hop rhizomes, but our customers have had great success in the majority of conditions. Our supplier projects that rhizomes will be shipped around March 25th.

We will be sending out another email the day the rhizomes arrive here at the store. Be sure to look for them around April 1st. We will NOT call you when they arrive, we will notifiy you only via email.

Pre-Order you hop rhizomes this year

You can pre-order your rhizomes this year by calling or emailing us with your pre-order, or dropping by the store. Out of town customers should simply pre-order them off of our web site and give the shipping and billing information.. We will not charge your credit card until we ship the rhizomes or you come to pick them up in the store.

We may not be able to fill all orders, so pre-order yours today as we will fill the orders in the sequence we recieve them.

Hops are one of the easiest plants to grow. The hop plant is a perennial that produces annual vines from a perennial crown and rootstock (Rhizomes) The vine typically grows between 18 and 25 ft. in a single season, but will die back to the root in the fall. On a hop farm the vine grows up a heavy twine string to a wire grid suspended 18 feet above the ground. The majority of the hop flowers used in brewing are produced on the top half of the vine.

Click here for comprehensive hop growing instructions by Lisa Olson of HopUnion.

For home use, you do not need to string the vine up 25 feet. I simply let mine grow on the cyclone fence in our yard, that I put a simple 3 foot extension on. The hops grow up to the top of the fence, then curl back down about 3 feet and grow up again. This leaves you with a very "bushy" fence that is an attractive barrier.

Only the female hop plant produces the flowers used in brewing. Late March to mid April is the best time to plant the rootstock, after the threat of frost is minimal. Hops need sun, water, and space to grow up. (up to 20 ft.!) The vine is capable of growing almost a foot a day during the peak of the growing season. The hop flowers are harvested normally from late August to early September, and then dried and put in cold storage till you use them.

Quarantine rules:

Please be aware that we cannot ship rhizomes to Oregon, Hawaii and the counties of Bonner and Kootenai in Idaho. We also cannot ship to APO boxes, and to foreign countries.

We will send out a newsletter email when they are ready to pick up. Out of town pre-orders we will ship as soon as the rhizomes arrive. Due to the large number of orders every year we will NOT call you when they arrive. Be on the lookout for our newsletter!

email: steve@baderbrewing.com

phone: 360-750-1551
Toll free 1-800-596-3610

web: http://baderbrewing.com