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Labor Day Hop Picking

September 8, 2009 By Jay Brooks

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On Labor Day this year, Moonlight Brewing held their annual hop-picking event for friends and family to come and help harvest their hops. Since the kids were out of school and the lovely wife off work, we made a family outing of it, reminiscent of 19th century hop-picking when entire communities stopped what they were doing to help the farmers with the hop harvest. My daughter, Alice, was a hop-picking veteran, having come with me the previous year, but both Porter and my wife, Sarah, were newbies.

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Moonlight Brewery’s owner/brewer Brian Hunt with his hops.

It was a beautiful sunny day in whatever town Moonlighting says it’s in, and nearly three-dozen folks showed up to help. I’d guess we knew a little better than half the people there, so it was great fun sitting around, chatting, enjoying Brian’s beer straight from the tanks and picking the hops. There was also abundant food, and even Sean Paxton, the Homebrew Chef, put together a plate of some delicious cheeses. After we were done, we pulled out the Washoe Boards and played a few games, too.

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Alice wasn’t content just picking the hops, she wanted to help cut them down and carry them back, too. The kids had a blast and, as always, it felt great to pitch in and help. It was the perfect way to spend our Labor Day.

Below is a short slideshow of our day at Moonlight’s hopyard. If you click on the button on the bottom right with the four arrows pointing outward on it, you can see the photos in glorious full screen.

Filed Under: Breweries, Just For Fun Tagged With: Community, Family, Holidays, Hops, Photo Gallery



Comments

  1. Scott B. says

    September 8, 2009 at 2:14 pm

    That looks like a fun time! What kind of hops does Brian grow?

  2. Ethan Prater says

    September 10, 2009 at 6:19 pm

    Beautiful photos of a beautiful plant – and some beautiful people! (Is that Arne from Marin Brewing in there?)

  3. Scott B. says

    September 17, 2009 at 10:23 am

    After talking to Brian yesterday at Toronado, I’m going to answer my own question and say mostly Cascade and some Chinook.

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