Welcome to the family.

We have a hop vine in our yard which produced 4.5 lbs of hops last year. We call him Dennis Hopper. I felt he was lonely so I bought 2 more rhizomes this and installed them in our yard. Right across from Dennis we planted Mrs. Denise Hopper (Dennis and Denise are married).

Dennis is Willamette hop vine which produces a woody, earthy or herbal flavored hop. Sort of the west coast hippies of the hop world. Denise is a Tettnanger which produces a very sophisticated spicy aroma in beer. Many German lagers use Tettnanger hops which are grown in the Tettnang region of Germany. So far the language barrier has not affected Dennis and Denises budding romance (that's right, I made a gardening pun).

And in the back yard we planted Daniel Hasselhop. he was named by my wife and she insists you always use his full name. He will produce a very delicate hop with a floral aroma perfect for lagers. As a proud parent I like to show off baby pictures so here is the newborn Daniel Hasselhop just before planting. I can't wait until Daniel Hasselhop is a teenager and I can embarrass him in front of his friends by showing this baby picture.