r/TheHopyard

Hello all! I finally have a place to grow hops, but it is a rather hot environment so I wanted to try Multihead again. I purchased Multihead 2 years ago from Great Lakes Hops, but ended up moving away from that location. I'm wondering if their business has fallen on some hard times, because they appear to be out of stock all of the time now on all of their inventory.

Would appreciate some tips for IF and WHEN they restock, or anyone who may have aquired any tropical and fruity hops suited to NEIPAs? Not looking for the classic C West Coast Hops like Cascade, Chinook, etc that have more of a piney aroma to them, but looking for hops that have more of those tropical aromas, and might do okay in a hot area.

It's not just GLH that seem to have almost no Neomexicana, all vendors I've seen currently list them out of stock. I did read somewhere that MEdusa failed commercially with many farmers ripping the rhizomes out of their fields, and that 2022 was one of the last harvests produced for this variety, so I wonder if that has something to do with how scarce it has now become.

Anyways, if anyone knows where I could grab Multihead or any other tropical fruit forward hop rhizomes or plants, I would appreciate the help! Hoping someone on here might have some mature plants with rhizomes they'd be willing to sell.

This will be my third year growing hops. I have cascade and chinook growing currently and plan on harvesting next month.

What do you guys do with your hops? Obviously majority of people brew beer with them. But what else do you guys do?

I’m thinking of using some to make a hop wine and hop seasoning for cooking with.