HopValley

Our new beer while new and old plants are climbing

Last weekend our new beer, a pilsner, was bottled. It is a hop-aromatic beer with Saaz and a mix of Swedish hop, very tasty! German, Czech, and Swedish hop on the way towards the sky. They have different characteristics, represent a great mix for experimenting. So far, so good, hoping …

The Hops are growing in Hopvalley: Good start for the new season!

All our hops are growing great in Hopvalley. And more hop-plants are on the way as we are expanding the field. As I continue to grow hops the traditional way, a lot of work is waiting.:) Hopefully, the harvest in August will be great. At the end of May, our …

Hop Evenings and Harvest

The author Elin Wägner writes the following: “It is known how wonderfully enchanting Samuel Ödmann depicted his youth’s hop evenings and cheese meetings in his grandpa Wiesel’s rectory.” What Elin Wägner refers to is the later professor of theology, Samuel Ödmann (1750-1829), and his description of his youth in the …