Why grow hops as a community project ?
Growing hops is an unusual way of introducing people to the wonders & benefits of growing your own.
Cultivating hops close to the brewer can reduce the beer miles associated with the import of additional hop ingredients.
Currently Irish brewers mostly import their hops from around the world which is currently suffering a global hop crop failure of 25% in 2015, there are a small amount of innovative brewers in Ireland growing hops but for their own supply and in very limited amounts, we hope to be able to example the need for more local hop production in Ireland.
By growing hops collectively, Social Hops aims to enable a more local hop economy with mutual benefits for both the growers & brewers. And what better a way to celebrate this green economy then with a Local Wet Hopped Beer brewed within 24 hours of
Social Hops collaboratively being harvested in the city by the participating growers.
Growing hops is an unusual way of introducing people to the wonders & benefits of growing your own.
Cultivating hops close to the brewer can reduce the beer miles associated with the import of additional hop ingredients.
Currently Irish brewers mostly import their hops from around the world which is currently suffering a global hop crop failure of 25% in 2015, there are a small amount of innovative brewers in Ireland growing hops but for their own supply and in very limited amounts, we hope to be able to example the need for more local hop production in Ireland.
By growing hops collectively, Social Hops aims to enable a more local hop economy with mutual benefits for both the growers & brewers. And what better a way to celebrate this green economy then with a Local Wet Hopped Beer brewed within 24 hours of
Social Hops collaboratively being harvested in the city by the participating growers.
We need people to plant HOPS HOPS HOPS!
You don’t need much space as it’s a vertical plant – a patch of ground next to a tall fence would be ideal. We have planned hop events throughout the year where growers and brewers can get together, compare notes and sample some beers, culminating with the harvesting event and brew celebration.
Hop plants take 3 years to mature so if you keep donating cones, you’ll keep getting beer as well and an average hop plant will then produce cones for up to 23 years. If you’re a community garden there are group deals as below. The pack includes a hop rhizome from certified UK disease free stock, 3 meters of coir hop twine and all you need to prepare your soil: some gravel to improve drainage and well-rotted manure to condition it. You’ll get support over the year and you’ll get to drink some of your collective beer at the end (see below for more details about that). Social Hops Starter Packs costs €25 for the first pack.
Starter Packs available to pickup @ The Bernard Shaw Pub D2 Saturday 11 March 2017 & also available by postage nationwide.
You can order either a Prima Donna dwarf hop variety that will reach up to 7ft or Cascade which is a traditional hop variety that can grow to lengths of over 5 meters. ORDER BELOW ON PAYPAL FOR COLLECTION Saturday 11 March 2017
Who's brewing the beer ? the project is about local hops in local beers so we are encouraging local brewers all over the country to become engaged and collaborate with local growers, at the moment all hops are used by Rascals Brewery
WE ARE SEEKING BREWERIES NATIONWIDE TO BREW WITH LOCAL SOCIAL HOPS
We encourage other breweries around the country to join in with the initaitive & brew with their local Social Hops harvest.
If your a brewery with the capabilities to brew small batch with fresh hops contact: stacey@urbanfarm.ie
Social Hops 2017 Calendar
Hello Rhizome
WHEN: Saturday 11 March 2017
WHERE: The Bernard Shaw Pub, Portobello, Dublin 2
We will be holding a rooftop terrace hop planting session at the Bernard Shaw Pub inviting growers to learn how best to plant their hop rhizomes with a tour/talk of BrewTonic's rooftop nano brewery cave of wonders & chat with the Rascals Brewery brew team.
We have created a starter pack that includes a hop rhizome, your growing medium and organic fertilizer, 3 meters of hop training string and instructions. Starter Packs will be available to pickup from The Bernard Shaw Pub in Dublin on the day. You can order either a Prima Donna dwarf hop variety that will reach up to 7ft tall, or Cascade which is a traditional hop variety that can grow to lengths of over 5 meters!!
Hop Shoot Eat
Saturday June 3rd 2017
The Bernard Shaw Pub, Portobello, Dublin 2
Your invited to a very special rooftop terrace hop eating party at the Bernard Shaw, we are inviting all growers to bring along their unwanted hop shoots to be used in a hop tastic culinary delight complemented with sample tasting from BrewTonic's rooftop nano brewery wonders. Each hop plant can produce over half kilo of hops each year, and as an added bonus you can eat the delicious shoot trimmings in spring – they are known as poor man’s asparagus and taste incredible fried in butter!
Hop Giddy Up
Saturday September 9th 2017
The Bernard Shaw Pub, Portobello, Dublin 2
We will be holding a rooftop terrace hop harvesting session at the Bernard Shaw Pub inviting growers to bring along their own hop plants for harvesting or to drop off their harvested hops and hang out harvesting the rooftop hops with everybody else, it's gonna be a hoppy day at The Bernard Shaw as we weigh in all our collective hop harvests and send them straight off to Rascals Brewery.
Hopping @ Rascals
Date TBC September
Rascals Brewery
Visit Rascals Brewery while the crew are preparing the SOCIALHOPS#2 brew.
Harvest Beer #2
Date TBC October 2017
The Bernard Shaw Pub, Portobello, Dublin 2
We will be holding a hop harvest tasting session at the Bernard Shaw Pub inviting growers to sample all their hard work and collective energy in collaborating on the Social Hops Beer #2 from Rascals Brewery and all you growers everywhere !! Hops are a perennial plant (they grow back every year) and they reach full maturity in three years. We got usable hops for brewing in 2016 and we expect lots more for 2017 just not as many when most are fully grown by 2018 which will be our biggest brew year yet.
THEN DO IT ALL AGAIN NEXT YEAR !! SOCIAL HOPS is a 3 year project 2016 to 2018 So that's right, another year of Free Beer!
Two more years of free beer, that's right by joining Social Hops and planting hop plants in spring of 2017 you will be able to reap the benefits for the next two years and perhaps beyond by contributing your hop harvest annually to the local brew. Please note Hops are only part of the overall ingredients for making beer and there are other costs to the brewer, Social Hop growers will avail of free beer during the harvest festival whilst the brewer will be also supplying the brew for sale locally to cover their production costs, so you can meet your friends for a round of Social Hops and show off your hop growing credentials in the local soon !
* 2016 will be a low hop harvest, with the expected 2017 hop harvest being better & finally when the hop plants fully mature in 2018 we anticipate the hop harvest being most productive harvest, with this in mind and the unknown of the unforeseen we do not have an average of how much free beer will be available each year.
Starter Packs will be available to pickup from The Bernard Shaw Pub in Dublin
Saturday 11 March 2017 and also by Postage Nationwide.
You can order the Prima Donna dwarf hop variety that will reach up to 7ft or the Cascade variety which is a traditional hop plant that can grow to lengths of over 5 meters.
ORDER BELOW ON PAYPAL FOR COLLECTION/POSTAGE Saturday 11 March 2017
Hops City: Want to Help a Local Brewery?
Louisa McGrathMay 10, 2016 READ THE FULL ARTICLE ON SOCIAL HOPS HERE
Social Hops is a 3 year project from 2016 to 2018
The idea is a simple one: rather than micro-breweries in Dublin buying their hops from wherever they can source them, sometimes as far afield as New Zealand, people across Dublin and Nationwide will grow hops in their back gardens, on their patios and balconies, allotments and community gardens, which are then used by local brewers.
We want people to grow hops across a network of individual and community gardens.
The idea is a simple one: rather than micro-breweries in Dublin buying their hops from wherever they can source them, sometimes as far afield as New Zealand, people across Dublin and Nationwide will grow hops in their back gardens, on their patios and balconies, allotments and community gardens, which are then used by local brewers.
We want people to grow hops across a network of individual and community gardens.
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Starter Packs will be available to pickup from The Bernard Shaw Pub in Dublin Saturday 11 March 2017 and also by Postage Nationwide.
You can order the Prima Donna dwarf hop variety that will reach up to 7ft or the Cascade variety which is a traditional hop plant that can grow to lengths of over 5 meters.
ORDER BELOW ON PAYPAL FOR COLLECTION/POSTAGE Saturday 11 March 2017
Starter Packs will be available to pickup from The Bernard Shaw Pub in Dublin Saturday 11 March 2017 and also by Postage Nationwide.
You can order the Prima Donna dwarf hop variety that will reach up to 7ft or the Cascade variety which is a traditional hop plant that can grow to lengths of over 5 meters.
ORDER BELOW ON PAYPAL FOR COLLECTION/POSTAGE Saturday 11 March 2017
