6th Meridian Hop Farm

6th Meridian Hop Farm 6th Meridian Hop Farm is a small private family farm near the Lewis and Clark Lake west of Yankton, SD We are a true modern pioneer family.
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In 2014 we uprooted from our comfortable Omaha suburb to a corn field and a trailer. We constructed a barn and fashioned a livings space and moved in over our first winter. To say the least, it was tight, interesting, and sometimes a little cold. We put poles in the ground, aquired some rhizomes and embarked on our dream of coming home to the rural city and a farm. We have 5 main varieties now and plan to keep adding more to fill our homestead with beautiful hops and space to entertain visitors.

Cherry harvest!!
06/20/2024

Cherry harvest!!

05/18/2024
Spring is here! Along with bull shoots!
04/13/2024

Spring is here! Along with bull shoots!

A little Yankton hop history...
04/03/2024

A little Yankton hop history...

Tom Stanage found these cardboard flats in his attic. Our guess is that when Prohibition hit the Schwenk Barth Brewing Company, creating hop teas and trying to sell hops as treatments for toothaches and the mumps was part of the business survival plan.

Top Hop 2024 is under way! So many great beers using local hops!!!
03/09/2024

Top Hop 2024 is under way! So many great beers using local hops!!!

2023 Hops are available online! ▪ Dakota Challenger ▪ Chinook ▪ Comet ▪ Bow ValleyWe have 4 oz, 8 oz. packages along...
02/27/2024

2023 Hops are available online!
▪ Dakota Challenger
▪ Chinook
▪ Comet
▪ Bow Valley
We have 4 oz, 8 oz. packages along with professional brewery sized 11 lb boxes!

Direct Link: 6thmeridianshop.square.site

Alex has a long road of recovery. Prayers for him and his family.
02/23/2024

Alex has a long road of recovery. Prayers for him and his family.

01/19/2024

No time for cooking in the middle of clearing all this snow?
Stop in for some fresh wholesome meals ready to go today 10 AM to 5:30 PM!
Heat & Eat, Salads, Wraps, and don't forget a dessert for all the hard work!
2503 Fox Run Parkway, Yankton SD
www.FarmHouseFoodCo.com

Hop tails at 80 and the bar is closed! Stay home and stay safe!
01/13/2024

Hop tails at 80 and the bar is closed! Stay home and stay safe!

Merry Christmas! The winter storm is at about 30° of hop coir tail. Definitely a time for some hot coffee and Bailey's!
12/25/2023

Merry Christmas! The winter storm is at about 30° of hop coir tail. Definitely a time for some hot coffee and Bailey's!

11/15/2023

Yesterday, the Nebraska Hop Growers Association sponsored the Nebraska Craft Brewers Guild's Quarterly Meeting and announced information on 2024 Top Hop!

🍻Vendor Registration is now open at: https://www.nebraskahopgrowers.com/events

General Admission tickets will be available in the coming months!

10/09/2023

Did you miss the HOPtoberfest this past weekend?
Well we baked up our extra Bierocks (a.k.a. Counterfeit runzas) for a special release today.
Paired with our special beer cheese, this is certain to gratify, Prost!
Catch these in our Farm House Fridge or our store, Counterfeit Curbside!
Open today 11 AM to 5:30 PM
www.CounterfeitCurbside.com

Ein prosit!
10/08/2023

Ein prosit!

Das berhaarte frauline!Today is the day for our first HOPtoberfest!
10/07/2023

Das berhaarte frauline!
Today is the day for our first HOPtoberfest!

09/08/2023

NEW BEER ALERT!

BV X-Press- 5%- Local hopped premium lager

BV X-press is a locally hopped lager made with Bow Valley hops from 6th Meridian Hop Farm and also used in this beer, hops from the original Bow Valley hop strain given to us from Thoenes! Come in for a pint today! Cheers! 🍻

Music Yankton. Old Roads Music Festival Ted and Alice Miller Aage Birch 1872 Saloon
09/02/2023

Music Yankton. Old Roads Music Festival
Ted and Alice Miller Aage Birch 1872 Saloon

Hop harvest is Underway!
08/29/2023

Hop harvest is Underway!

This year's old hoppy hat after a long day of hop harvesting!
08/27/2023

This year's old hoppy hat after a long day of hop harvesting!

08/12/2023

Nesting amongst the hops

08/12/2023

Only 2 more Saturdays that we are open at our farm 6th Meridian Hop Farm this year! Tonight we have the The Hangin' Cowboys joining us for some great music!
$15 cover, kids 12 & under are free.
Don't be afraid to bring your own chair as seating is limited.
Here is the menu for this evening, come on down and join us before its too late 😃

08/12/2023

Well it’s been a swell last few days off. Got to see some familiar faces, enjoyed some good food and finally was able to do the Barheimer Double Feature. Heading off to Lincoln now for a couple days to play some music at Kinkaider. See you South Dakotans in a week for Riverboat Days!

The lupulin gold is coming! Check them out yourself this Saturday with food, music, and beer!
08/10/2023

The lupulin gold is coming! Check them out yourself this Saturday with food, music, and beer!

New hats in! Limited quantity available this Saturday!
08/08/2023

New hats in! Limited quantity available this Saturday!

Swinged Cat Aliment & Ale Fest is cancelled due to a wet weekend.Our farm venue is a small privately funded venture and ...
08/01/2023

Swinged Cat Aliment & Ale Fest is cancelled due to a wet weekend.

Our farm venue is a small privately funded venture and we cannot justify the risk with this forecast. We are happy that we have been blessed with good weather up to this point.

We'll be issuing refunds for all ticket sales shortly.

We'll have plenty of food and great craft taps next week when The Hangin' Cowboys come to town!

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4200 Alphonse Road
Yankton, SD
57078

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+16056108249

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Comet hops harvesting in the cool morning...

Fresh hopping Crow Peak Brewing Company 11th hour IPA direct on the farm! #dakotachallenger

Have you heard?! Counterfeit will be bringing back their absolutely amazing patty melt that they did on their food truck years ago. It's been 5 years since we've seen a patty melt this good!!!! #eatlocal #funonthefarm #wefarmyoudrink #drinklocal #yanktonsd #Pattymelt

We reopen tonight! Music from @goodmorningbedlamofficial and food from @counterfeit_catering ! Tickets at the gate!

Hop training is done and now it's the race to the top!

BREAKING NEWS-BREAKING NEWS from the crew at 6th Meridian! Like-Share and help spread the word. #craftbeer #hifromsd #hopfarm #6thmeridianhopfarm #southdakotahops #drinklocally

The 3rd Yard is live at 6th Meridian.

Final run of Dakota Challenger™ pellets. This is an amazing local hop with 15.1% alpha, 2.6% oils. Floral, spicy with just a hint of citrus, it provides an incredible bittering while keeping the beer light on the tongue.

Feeding the birds while grinding last year's stalks...

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Our Story

In 2014 Michelle and Ryan uprooted their blended family from the comfortable Omaha suburban home to return to the rural Southeast South Dakota and Northeast Nebraska area where they grew up. In the span of 2 weeks they sold their house and moved all of their belongings into storage. They moved into their camper for the winter of 2014 as their barn was built on a bare 80 acre field of corn and soybeans. The winter was cold and to stretch funds as far as they could, they spent any spare time working on the pole barn.

Ryan and Michelle moved their family into the barn in the spring of 2015 and a month later started raising their first trellis. In 2016, it was the first farm in South Dakota to produce industry standard hop pellets packaged in nitrogen flushed mylar. Now in 2018 6th Meridian has over 4000 hills of hops in 5 acres of land and multiple varieties: Chinook, Centennial, Neo1, Crystal, and Dakota Challenger™. New varieties is a focus of development as well with over a dozen varieties in test or planning.

The farm strives to be an independent and self sufficient family farm much like the pioneer heritage of the Great Plains. Built from the efforts of Ryan, Michelle and their family it aims to be sustainable from using organic fertilizer and chemicals whenever possible for maximum soil health to utilizing independent funding to realize a truly financially viable business in a small rural community.

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