For many beer drinkers, the conversation around American hops begins and ends with Washington’s Yakima Valley or Oregon’s Willamette Valley. These regions have long dominated hop production, supplying breweries with some of the most sought-after varieties in the industry.
But there’s another major...
Visiting southwestern Idaho during hop harvest is a memorable experience for any brewer or beer enthusiast. Many of us brew our beers every day without giving much thought to how the aromatic green pellets we use get to us. Not that we don’t appreciate the importance of their quality in the final ...
The rental car I’ve just driven up down and all around a dirt forest service road into the Sawtooth Mountains to soak in natural hot springs earlier that day is struggling to keep up with the tan pick-up truck I’m following through flat farmland on my way out to the Mill for the first time. I will...
Not until you turn onto Route 95 in the otherwise unassuming rural town of Wilder, Idaho, do you really begin to feel the energy of hop harvest. As you drive past the small businesses, taco trucks, and local watering holes, suddenly you’re met with acres of hops on both sides of the road as far as...
As harvest begins, so does the proactive shuffling of picking windows to ensure that hops are picked and processed at their ideal maturity levels. While certain varieties may typically mature earlier or later throughout harvest, a series of factors including temperatures and precipitation make tho...
Finding the best method to ship hops can be a struggle in the warmer months. Carriers get backed up, ETA’s change and guaranteed delivery dates do not seem to exist. At Mill 95, we put so much focus on maintaining the quality of our product, and strive to produce the best quality hop pellet that w...
Mill 95 has teamed up with Mammoth Brewing to bring a new and exciting beer to market. Mammoth Brewing is located in the heart of the Sierra Nevada mountains of California and is well known for its multi-award-winning Double Nut Brown Ale. Using the latest and greatest experimental hops in the indus...
Over a decade ago, El Dorado® made its debut in Idaho. The relatively new variety at the time had only been planted at one other farm – owner and developer, CLS Farms in the Yakima Valley.
Idaho’s similar climate and abundant hop-growing region made it an ideal place to first expand the variety to...
Craft brewers around the world are always in search of something new, something different, something to create the next fantastic beer. What’s going to be the next Citra? Or Ekuanot? Sabro? Where do these new varieties come from?
Many of them come from highly sophisticated and methodologically plan...
It's (finally) spring and hop growers in Idaho are gearing up for another growing season. Idaho is the second largest hop-producing state in the United States, and springtime is a crucial time for growers as they prepare their fields for the upcoming growing season.
In SW Idaho, growers typically b...
