I’m brewing a batch of beer for the first time in years but I don’t have any hops on hand so I’m using for tips and spruce cones. We’ll see! Fun fact, as an 17 year old college freshmen my roommate and I bought a Mr. Beer kit and brewed in our closet. I eventually progressed to all grain tech.
I’ve brewed with Sitka spruce tips before- interesting and different
TIL the only Gilded Age mansion in WA was built buy a guy who got rich on hops. (Also an Oregon Trail pioneer) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Me...
Sounds like a good excuse for a family trip to Yakima .. "the hop capital of the world" I get you could get in a good dog visit with Nacho as well.