In an effort to continue to expand and explore deeper into what Hops will propagate here in Virginia, we have had some limited success with some hops that hail from across the pond in origin. In 2014, not only do we plan to begin to transplant some of these English Hops to the rows but also hopefully to have some delicious beers provided we get some yield from one of our brewer partners.
We have some pretty dog garn hard to figure out importing regs, but in short the importation for those who wish to learn more can only be completed in rhizome aka "rootstock" form. Plants will be turned away mostly by US Customs. You will be required to pay for a Phyto Certificate where the material will be inspected before being shipped out to the United States.
We have worked with a few plants thus far and even though we experienced increased rainfall we did actually get some cone development this year so we decided to roll the dice and secure some more root stock to give it a go in 2014. Some of the brewers are pretty stoked about it as well.
We are trying to source a dwarf variety as well to trial in the experimental yard area as well. However, Prima Donna is a "registered" hop but is available from certified resources permitted to sell it.
We also decided that a trip to Kent in England should be in order in late 2014. They have a pretty neat Harvest celebration there which would be really cool to experience.
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