Buying Hop Plants/Seeds?

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Permalink Reply by denimglen on November 19, 2011 at 9:24am

Unfortunately you can't get any named varieties - trademarked or something like that.

 

There is a cascade-unknown cross floating around that someone on here might be able to get you.  Also Smoothcone, an ex-commercial variety, can be found.

 

Give Mike at Brewer's Coop in Mt Wellington a call, I noticed he had some there the other day.

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Permalink Reply by Smiffy on November 19, 2011 at 12:31pm

Have a read of this thread, it has a lot of information.

http://www.forum.realbeer.co.nz/forum/topics/1500433:Topic:11669

To answer your specific questions, the commercially grown hops are not available to the public. All that is available are: Smoothcone, Golden, "Mystery German" and "Danscade". It should be quite possible to grow some from shoots now, but its unlikely that they would produce any cones this season, they would produce nice healthy roots ready for next season though.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Jackman on November 20, 2011 at 4:02pm

Thanks for the responses.  I'll be into Brewers Coop this week so Ill talk to Mike about it when I see him and hopefully we can get the foundations for a decent first harvest next year.  Interesting about the named varieties, I didnt know it worked like that but I suppose it makes sense. 

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Permalink Reply by Chad Keven on November 24, 2011 at 1:27pm

hey mate ive got some plants that are ready, will trade for other varieties or yeast strains? what you reckon?

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Permalink Reply by Mark Jackman on November 24, 2011 at 4:06pm

Thanks for the offer Chad.  My mate is just a Coopers kit brewer, he's brewed with me before but doesn't have any interest in doing it himself so Im afraid he doesn't have any yeast strains and he hasn't grown any hops before so no varieties either.  Thanks for the offer though, Ive spoke to Mike at Brewers Coop and he's got some for him so maybe next year you two will be able to swap some plants or whatever.  He's the horticulturalist so if you are keen I can put you in touch with him to sort a swap whenever you can do it safely without killing the plants. Hopefully he will get them in in time for next years harvest.

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