Whipple Creek Hops is a Shenandoah Valley based hops farm. We provide fresh and dried Cascade hops to regional breweries.
Operating as usual
Our 10th hops harvest was quite a bit smaller than usual. Thanks to the devoted family and friends that pitched in! Everyone else can enjoy the fruits of our labor by grabbing a fresh-hopped brew from Redbeard Brewing Company or Great Valley Farm Brewery and Winery.
Redbeard Brewing Company
Order your beers now for our Beer Garden Pick Up this weekend! Open Friday-Monday from 2p-7p!!
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Whipple Creek Farms will be starting their pop up as well on Friday, May 1st from 2p-5p in our Gravel Lot! Selling meats, cheeses, eggs, butter and more! •
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YUUMMM!!!!!
Introducing our 2019 Whipple Creek Harvest Ale! Brewed with almost 10 pounds per barrel of freshly picked Cascade hops from Whipple Creek Farm, and then dry hopped with Chinook. 🍻 Releases tomorrow, 8/24!! 🍻
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Devils Backbone Brewing Company
Yesterday we welcomed the U.S. Senator Tim Kaine team to the pilot brewery for a special brew day. Brewmaster Jason Oliver and the crew brewed a light IPA made with local malt from Murphy & Rude based in Charlottesville and wet hops fresh from neighboring Whipple Creek Farms near our Outpost Brewery in Lexington, VA. The beer will be entered into a friendly competition, Brew Across America, which will feature beers made with local ingredients from states across the country. #brewdemocracy
Another successful harvest. Thanks to all those who lent their picking hands and time!!!
Another successful harvest. Thanks to all those who lent their picking hands and time!!!
Boom! Can't wait to enjoy it!
It’s that time of year again. 30 pounds of whole hops that were on the vine just last night are going into the kettle for this years Harvest Ale!
Join us MONDAY August 27th for its release, on our first Monday open!
Thanks for the shout out Bluejacket!
Brewing up something gooooood with Whipple Creek Hops. Stay tuned!
Deliciousness!!!!
Pilot Brewer Aaron adding fresh hops to the kettle. Yep, brewed Blue Ridge Hop Revival at Basecamp to start the week - using fresh Cascade hops from Whipple Creek Hops. This is the 7th year we've made this beer and in the words of our Brewmaster Jason Oliver, "hops, hops, everywhere" which equates to 160 pounds of fresh wet hops in both 8.5 barrel batches! Let you know when Blue Ridge Hop Revival hits the taps!
David Whipple this morning representing Whipple Creek Hops at Three Notch'd's 10* Farmers Brew Day!
We would like to extend a big thank you to the team at Three Notch'd Brewing Company for their support of Virginia hop farmers. There was a great turn out this morning for brew day. Over 400 lbs of freshly picked hops went into the batch this year. A mix of Cascade, Chinook and Columbus will supply this wet hopped seasonal it's uniqueness. Release date is September 1st. Check back with Three Notch'd for more details. Cheers to Virginia Agriculture and Craft Beer!
Devils Backbone Brewing Company stopped by for a visit!
Dropped by for a visit with David Whipple on way to the brewery this morning. We used Cascade hops grown by David at Whipple Creek Hops in a beer brewed specifically to celebrate #vacraftbeermonth Virginia Farmhouse Ale is a rustic golden ale inspired by the great farmhouse brewing tradition of Belgium & brewed with all VA grown ingredients. The ale is available on draft exclusively in Virginia, we'll also be pouring this beer at the 5th Annual VA Craft Brewers Fest on Aug 20th at Basecamp Brewpub & Meadows 🍻 #craftanadventure #vabeer #vacraftbeer
Only 11% of DELICIOUSNESS!!!!!!!
1st New Beer this week: Whipple Creek Fresh Hop - DIPA. Our second year making this beer. Absolutely full of fresh picked hops from Whipple Creek Hop Farms. Brewed in the hop yard. Dry and full of citrus notes. 6lbs of hops per BBL.
Tasting Notes: Citrus upside the head and shoved up your nose. A dry and light bodied DIPA.
ABV: 11.0%
IBU: 100
SRM: 7
Draft | Growlers
We are open Thursday 4-8, Friday & Saturday 12-8, but closed Sunday for our Black Heart Society Party.
Heritage Brewing releases their Wet Hopped Teddy this weekend! Fresh Cascade Hops from Whipple Creek Hops!!!
Labor Day Weekend is upon us! We will be releasing our all Virginia Wet Hopped version of our pale ale Teddy. Thursday 5-9PM Friday 5-9PM Saturday 12-9PM Sunday 12-8PM Monday 12-6PM
We are proud to be associated with Three Notch'd Brewing and their 10 Farmer's Pale Ale. Listen to Stan Driver and other Co-Op members discuss harvest on the local news. The new logo was shown several times on the attached video link as well!
Results from Virginia Tech on our 2015 Harvest. We are LOVING the alpha stats!
700 Pounds of Fresh Cascade Hops Already Delivered!
Head on down!
Please join us this Saturday at Devil's Backbone Outpost for a day of hops picking. Beer will be flowing, food vendors on-site and fantastic live music! The best part - trade your labor for FREE Devil's Backbone schwag!
Head on down to Devils Backbone Brewing Company Outpost for Hop Harvest 2015.
Today we're pickin' cones at "The Bone". Join us at Devils Backbone Brewing Company in Lexington, August 1 for the Harvest Festival, 12-5. Enjoy local food, cold beer, and great entertainment for adults and kids alike!
We are up and at it early this morning. It's going to be a looooooong weekend!
The 2015 season in a nutshell..........Harvest begins TONIGHT!!!
"Virginia is drinking some local craft beer that their friend made at their brewery. They will only talk about all of the fancy craft beer they have drank while complaining about traffic."
Some of these are so true it hurts.
Please join us this Saturday at Devil's Backbone Outpost for a day of hops picking. Beer will be flowing, food vendors on-site and fantastic live music! The best part - trade your labor for FREE Devil's Backbone schwag!
Last field update of the year! The next images will be this weekend's harvest. It has been another year full of learning and labor - luckily, we love the end product. Cheers!
The Devil's Backbone Hops Harvest Festival is less than a week away! Come join us on August 1 at the DBB Outpost in Lexington from 12 to 5!
We've got a full afternoon for ya on Aug. 1 at our Hop Harvest Fest. We'll have two food trucks join us while you pick Whipple Creek Farms, LLC grown hops. The Pie Guy and The SpiceSea Gourmet! Bryan Elijah Smith & Jay Austin will perform live music and Pure Eats will bring beer donuts special for the Fest. And for the youngsters, we will again have a moonbounce!
#BeerPorn #MyLupulinisShowing
Soooo many HOPS!!! Harvest time is right around the corner :)
Get ready for Whipple Creek's annual hop harvest. We look forward to seeing you there!
Hey folks, mark it down & plan to hang with us on August 1 at Outpost. It's annual Hop Harvest Fest time! Hop pickin' + beer drinkin' + you = a good old fashioned fun day!
http://dbbrewingcompany.com/events/event/3rd-annual-hop-harvest-fest/
It appears harvest is going to be about 2-weeks early this year. Tons of full cones already! Mark your calendars for August 1st-2nd if you'd like to come and help out.
Whipple Creek Hops
We decided to step up our game and look into branding ourselves better. What do you think of the new logo?!?!?
Field Update 6-23-15: The Cones are starting to take shape. Only a matter of time!
Thank the lord it wasn't our lack of exercise!
The hops in your favorite IPA not only impart a pleasant bitterness to your beer, but also a dose phytoestrogens, which can cause the dreaded Brewer’s Droop.
Management options for hopyards with downy mildew
Downy mildew infections are widespread due to spring conditions that were ideal for fungal growth and difficult for fungicide application.
Marian Mae and Daddy checking out the fields!
A special thanks to Doug and Cory, apprentices from Radical Roots farm, for all of their hard work with the pruning and bine stripping this weekend. You guys rock!
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2482 Maryland Highway, Oakland, MD 21550, Bittinger