oast house hop farm

Attention Jersey hop growers, some good – and important – news for you

The folks at Rutgers University’s Snyder Research Farm urge you to share some of your harvest with them. They want to take your hops into the lab.  The farm, located in Hunterdon County, can perform that all-important analysis to determine the hops’ alpha and beta acids, information brewers need to know to effectively use the hops, namely for bittering beer, not just for imparting aromatics.  That’s game-changing data that can be supplied locally to a […]

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Rope Swing Hops

Rope Swing Hops, a NJ based hop farm

Newtown: There’s a new hop farm on the rise in Sussex County and they need our help. I spoke to Colin from Rope Swing Hops and a NJCB Member about his hop farm project. Here is what we know and how you can help using Kickstarter. We’re a growing family of farmers, craftsman, and home brewers. In 1982, the Ludwig family established Edgewood Farms, a 50 acre plot of land in Newton, NJ (Sussex County). Throughout

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Oast House Hop Farm CSA Option. NJCB Member discount too!

Our friends from The Oast House Hop Farm have recently decided on a Community Supported Agriculture option! Here’s the scoop from Beau, one of the cofounders. We have decided to create a new mechanism for consumers to access our hops! We have developed a CSA model for the Hop Farm. The details are as follows: Full Share: all of the hops produced from 10 plants (5 varieties) for 3 years. Cost = $500.00 Half Share:

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Oast House Hop Farm

Check out the Oast House Hop Farm and see the folks there are doing in Burlington County!  You can find them on Facebook and Twitter and their Kickstarter project as well. Beau, one of the founders of the project said that he feels think the biggest thing the NJ Community can do to help out is support their local craft breweries and homebrew stores.  People can follow us on facebook and twitter for updates and

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