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Liberty Hop Farm
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Family operated farm dedicated to growing the highest quality hops in Northern Indiana
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66575 Smilax Road
North Liberty, IN
46554
Opening Hours
| Monday | 8am - 8pm |
| Tuesday | 8am - 8pm |
| Wednesday | 8am - 8pm |
| Thursday | 8am - 8pm |
| Friday | 8am - 8pm |
| Saturday | 8am - 8pm |
| Sunday | 8am - 8pm |
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“We’re the ones with the hops...”
For the past 3 years, that has been how I tell people to find our house. “We’re on Smilax Road a mile west of town, then when you see the poles you’re there.” Or when I meet someone new. Everyone seems to know about the hop farm whether they know us or not. Maybe it was the 2 TV news interviews we had at the beginning. Or the newspaper article, or the social media, or the great beer they’ve had with the words, “with hops from Liberty Hop Farm” in the description. Whatever the reason, we’re glad people are taking notice. We work hard to give the brewers in our area the best quality hop they can get. Some don’t know about us yet. But they will. Because we’re different. We’re both from a long line of farmers. Farming is in our blood. We understand that we are raising a commodity. An ingredient. A crucial ingredient. Hops give beer the bitterness some love. And the flavors that make craft brews such a unique and creative passion. Both for the brewer and the consumer. I don’t see much of my husband during hop season. I help with the parts I can, but he and our son are out in our 5 acres almost every evening. There’s always something that needs to be done. And soon it will be harvest time. I’ll be the one sitting at the end of the Hopster 5P sorting. Sorting, sorting, sorting.... I take out the stuff you don’t want in your beer. Caterpillars, beetles, bad cones, the stuff that’s in all hops because they are grown out of doors. But only the smaller farms can give you that level of quality. It really makes you think when someone hands you a Miller Lite at a party. Uh, what’s in that?? Those hops were raised in the Pacific Northwest on a 1,000 acre hop farm. No offense to them, but there’s NO WAY they sort theirs. Our hops are better. The beer brewed with them is better. The brewers who use our hops care about the quality of their beer. They don’t want to brew good beer, they want to brew GREAT beer. And we like helping them. LOCAL is more than a marketing campaign. Local is better products made by people who strive for excellence. Settle for nothing less. Ask for local hops. Ask the brewer what they use. Ask how many beers they brew using local hops. Indiana has enough hop producers now to provide hops to all the small breweries and many of the big guys. So ask them. Are you for real when you claim local? Because they have better beer if they are. Some resist because the prices are sometimes higher. But that’s not always the case. We keep our prices competitive. Being very involved in the Indiana Hop Grower’s Association has been a great experience for us too. We’ve met some great people. Learned some great things. And have been proud of the work done by our alma mater, Purdue University. Especially in their Food Science department. Testing, providing advice, and now starting a Fermentation program. Looking forward to a new generation of brewing excellence! Well, it’s 7:30 pm and the guys are in from the field. Unusual to see them this early. Making the old man take me out to dinner. And a beer. ;)
