Ella J Farms - Colorado Hops

05/03/2018

Don’t miss the one-time only performance of Phil Long in the taproom at Mountain Cowboy Brewing Company in Frederick this Saturday night from 7:00 to 10:00 pm.

10/14/2017

Another fresh hop beer that just tapped this week made with locally grown fresh hops from Ella J Farms. Can't wait to get down to Lakewood and grab a pint of this one!

Fresh Hop Friday – Join us today for the tapping of our new Fresh Hopped IPA. Get it while it’s fresh!

10/07/2017

Enjoying a couple pints of The Sunshine of Your Love Fresh-Hopped Pale Ale made with fresh Cascade and Chinook hops from Ella J Farms. Very nice beer! Stop in and grab a pint next time you're in the Longmont area.

09/14/2017

Hop bales!! All these packages need are bows and it's Christmas in September. These five bales will make about 600 kegs of delicious beer! 🍻👍

09/14/2017

Harvesting the Nuggets. These hops are beautiful this year. We will finish up tomorrow with our 2017 harvest.

09/14/2017

Arts and crafts day at Ella J. Hop wreaths are really beautiful this year.

09/12/2017

Only a couple days left in the 2017 hops harvest but I think we found the motherlode today. These Chinook hops are at the peak of ripeness and they smell really great!! Can't wait to brew with these beauties.

09/03/2017

Hops harvest 2017. Finishing up the Cascades. Great time for record heat. 😓

08/31/2017

Another early morning fresh hops delivery; this time to Wibby Brewing in Longmont. Fresh cascade and crystal hops going into their fresh hop version of Equal Hops American Pale Lager. This one will be available on-tap at the brewery but will also be going into cans for limited distribution. Look for this beer in the next month or so. Can't wait to get our hands on some of this beer.

08/31/2017

This was a lot of fun. A couple of mechanical engineering graduates from the University of Wyoming came out to the farm on Sunday to run an experiment. They were attempting to extract the lupulin powder directly from the fresh hops without any prior processing. They have had previous success in extracting the powder from dried hops but this process on wet hops could be a game-changer. The process worked pretty well for the first try and we are planning to brew with the extracted lupulin powder in a week or so and see how the flavors match up to the pelletized version of the same hops. We're really looking forward to the next phase of the experiment because we get to drink beer for the sake of hops research. We'll let you know how it works out.

08/31/2017

Thanks to everyone who came out last Sunday to help with the hops harvest. We had a great turnout and we really appreciate the help. The trellis might have fallen but our spirits are high and the crop seems to have weathered the storm fairly well. We'll be back at it again this weekend working on getting more Cascades picked and starting on the Chinooks.

08/25/2017

Early morning fresh hop delivery to 300 Suns Brewing in Longmont, CO. 15 pounds each of fresh Chinook and Cascade hops picked and delivered before 8:00 am and going into the kettle by about 9:00 am. Look for this fresh hop pale ale on tap at the brewery in a couple weeks.