You've heard of NIMBYs, right? How about HIMBYs? Hops In My Back Yard! Join our team of backyard hop farmers. Hop rhizomes are here, and you can grow the spice of your beer. This our 10th year supplying hop rhizomes to wannabe backyard hop farmers. This year we are doing all Cascade hops, sourced from commercial hops fields in Yakima Valley. Supplies are limited. Here's how it works...FIRST TIME HIMBY GROWERS.
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Purchase your HIMBY Project rhizome at New Helvetia Brewing Co. for $7 +tax
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The HIMBY Project is simplified this year to include 1 hop rhizome, a pint of beer while you're here (21 years or older, in person only) and planting/growing instructions
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IMMEDIATELY plant hops in your backyard. Have a beer and watch them grow.
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Harvest hops and return to New Helvetia to be added to a Fresh Hop HIMBY beer. Date TBD (likely mid-August), we will notify you when to harvest and deliver to brewery.
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When the Fresh Hop HIMBY beer is complete, we will notify you of the release date. Join us for a pint.
RETURNING HIMBY GROWERS. Your hops from previous years should already be sprouting again this year. The rhizomes will continue to grow underground and should begin producing taller bines and more hop cones. We do not recommend planting different hop varieties next to each other, but it’s been known to happen. If your hops did not grow last year, they may still come back this year. Pick up a HIMBY Project rhizome starting Wednesday, April 2nd.
ATTENTION Hops grow very fast and require a vertical structure to climb, usually a jute or twine string dropped from a horizontal cable up to 20 ft high at big hop farms. For the backyard hop grower, the high point of a roof may work, or a small trellis 12 to 16 ft in the first year is usually OK.
The ability to grow vertically is the limiting factor for backyard hop growers, please plan accordingly and DO NOT purchase if you cannot set up a vertical string for the hops to climb. If that didn't scare you away, purchase your HIMBY Project rhizome exclusively at the Tasting Room. We are not taking reservations. Must be purchased in person at the Tasting Room, with first priority going to NH CO-OP Members.
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Let's grow some hops!
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Updated 4/01/2025
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