Attention Fresh Hop Co-Op participants, past, present, and prospective! Want to join in on our hop-growing project this year? This is the day to come pick up your new baby hop plant! Supplies will be limited this year, so we will operate on a first-come-first-serve basis with a limit of one plant per household until further notice.
A little refresher on this project:
Perhaps the only thing we love more than making delicious craft beer is the Cowichan Valley’s outstanding community.
3 years ago, an amazing team of brewery staff (lead by the talented Zach Blake) trekked out into the forest and brought back a generous set of root crowns and rhizome cuttings from a number of wild hop plants that are naturalised to our beautiful Cowichan Valley. These cuttings were potted and cared for by our team and then given out to members of the community as plants in hopes of starting up a lasting co-operative that would result in an extremely tasty and unique fresh, wet-hopped beer.
Last year’s harvest came in at an unreal 46 pounds of hop cones donated by the community! We also had a super-fun launch party with all the participants after the beer was fully conditioned, giving out some exclusive Co-Op wearables while we were at it.
We expect this year to be even more successful and look forward to partnering with a brand new local hop farm as well as the well-known Cowichan Green Communityto help make this year’s Co-Op a massive success!
Get in touch for more info! See you here!