Manchester Hop Project

We've been a bit quiet on here lately but if anyone in the Manchester area wants to get involved in growing hops this year please email us at mcrhopproject@gmail.com 🍻

Drinking some of this year's green hop beer. Brewed by @trackbrewingco.bsky.social using our locally grown hops 🍻

If you donated hops this year check your email!

In terms of different varieties we've collected 38.1kg of Prima Donna, 21.9kg of Fuggles and 21.5kg of 10 other varieties.

We had a very successful day on Sunday at @trackbrewingco.bsky.social picking and packing hops from our growers. We've collected 81.5kg so far with some more due this week 🍻

Oh yeah, we've started. Fresh Fuggles 😍

If you fancy lending a hand Roger we're picking and packing fresh hops on Sunday at @trackbrewingco.bsky.social. Bar's open from 12 🍻

We are collecting hops next Sunday at @trackbrewingco.bsky.social

News about this year's hop harvest.

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20°C and grey skies in Manchester. Heatwave my arse.

Who loves cask ale? We all love cask ale! But it's in danger of fading away so sign this petition and let's try and give it a boost 🍻

Mrs Fuggles has got off to a flying start with Prima Donna not too far behind.

Why dry hop when you can wet hop?

You know what would grow well up that sunlit fencing?

Congratulations to @trackbrewingco.bsky.social. This was brewed with Manchester grown hops so well done us too 🍻

Waiting until you've already mashed in before picking the hops for a green hop beer is taking freshness to a new level. Lovely stuff! 🍻

Handing out some hop plants at @trackbrewingco.bsky.social so it would be rude not to celebrate Sonoma's 10th birthday 🍻

If you are an existing Hop Project member please check your email.

Who fancies growing some of these this year? Last year we got 75kg from our growers around Manchester and @trackbrewingco.bsky.social turned them into lovely beer. This year we want more! If you want to join in get in touch 🍻

Can Kent's hop industry survive? Demand for traditional hops has still not recovered to pre-pandemic levels. Inevitably, many farmers have had to switch to other crops

Not sure about Kent but Manchester is going from strength to strength!
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Drinking the last of my Track Brewing green hop beers 😥
Looks like we need to grow even more next year 🍻

Does this mean no more Stones Bitter?

Fresh Hop Series - Manchester Hop Project - Part Two Matt, our Head Brewer, has a rich history in the world of brewing that began long before he joined our team. His journey started in the most humble of settings, his own basement. What started as a hob...

Spot the fuggles!
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A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #2,406,877, Manchester Hop Project ‪@mcrhopproject.bsky.social‬, joined on Dec 7, 2023"

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,406,877!

I got them on Saturday

Looks like this year's harvest is going to be better than last year 🍻

This window has become befuggled 😃

We've not posted much on Bluesky but hope to post more in the future.

Here's our 2024 harvesting plan.