I’m sorry but one side is voting for a gun, not the woman.

At last, a crack in the stone wall.

They’re saying he beat the wrap

*I don’t endorse this behavior

🧵17/x By late July the hops were in their final stages of growth and we started preparing for the harvest. The Cascades performed best and the photos feature them, one from our first year and two from the second. We still had a few tasks to take care of before we could pick them, that’s next.

🧵16/x Pen Druid’s Sperryville grand opening was a week after their hopyard visit, so I went over to check it out. Their traditional terroir driven approach to fermentation was inspired by European travels. 10 years later their brewery is still one of the coolest in Virginia.

🧵15/X our hops farm was attracting interest from Virginia brewers, so we decided to do an open house event. The Carney brothers at Pen Druid came over from Sperryville along with Tin Cannon from Gainesville. We hosted them one Saturday morning, showing of our cascades!

🧵14/x Hops branch sideways after Solstice and not long afterwards, burrs appear that will flesh out into the cones/flowers we’ll use in beer. Our best growers were Cascade and Chinook, shown here. Our Goldings never took off and the others would need a year or two before producing.

🧵13/x Hops have an amazing growth cycle.Until the solstice, they’re focused on vertical growth, racing to the top of the trellis. The next day is shorter by 3 minutes and the plants start pushing out side branches where the cones will eventually grow. Here are some views just after the solstice.