JGL Shepherd Farms. Growing hops in Saskatchewan. #SkHops4SkBeer
Moosomin, Saskatchewan
Joined December 2009
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Always happy to show our farm off! And a very special treat to show Italian farmers, thanks for visiting!
Big yesterday harvesting 3/4 of an acre. If we hadn’t filled up driers could have maybe stretched to 1 full acre but driers filling up first isn’t a terrible thing either. More Centennial harvest today!
Hop harvest is coming soon. Interested in wet hop beers? Best to let us know! Lots of lovely golden lupulin building up already. #hops #canadianhops #prairiehops
Tale of two years. Including the forecast puts our growing degrees one full month ahead of last year. The hops are jumping and definitely reacting to the heat!
High school kids (and family members) are crushing it stringing this week! 20,000 to do and will be 65% complete as of tonight. Great smelling hops starts with hard work and sunny SK skies. #skhops #canadianhops #skcraftbeer #skhops4skbeer
What started off life as a @Case_IH International cultivator is now pulling duty as our hops stringing wagon. Hoping for light wind this weekend as we try to hang and stake 20,000 strings. #skbeer #skhops4skbeer #craftbeer #hops
NEW this year, by using science and nearly just as much art, we have created 4 unique hop pellet blends! Our farm quest is to push the boundaries of growing and creating high quality hops products! #skhops4skbeer #skcraftbeer
Did you know we grow 13 varieties of hops? Each variety has unique aromas and bittering characteristics that can be utilized many different ways on their own. By combining (blending) hops the aromas possible multiply exponentially!
#skhops4skbeer #skbeer #skcraftbeer #skhops
Congratulation to a fantastic run of episodes sharing information about SK beer (and other fun topics, go listen back)! Sad to see the podcast come to an end but amazing work by @TiltedCoffee24 and @RebBrewRegina! Cheers!
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A great representation of a wet hop picking and brew day. Me the whole time “don’t screw up… don’t break down…” 😅
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Listen to my dad Guy share JGL's story of growing hops on The Morning Edition - Sask with @SLangeneggerCBC : A crop of hops is tops for craft beer in Saskatchewan cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-6… Oh and drink Saskatchewan made beer!
Thanks @TiltedCoffee24 for suggesting our farm to be showcased! It’s a supportive, amazing industry the SK beer scene. We get to meet incredible people who are all working for the same thing… producing a tasty local product with local ingredients!
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Tomorrow is hopefully the last day of 2022 harvest! Here is the crew cutting down hops to haul to the processing shed. #skhops #skbeer #skhops4skbeer
Just your usual SK farm heading to the field for harvest… We are 35% complete as of this evening and the crop is looking and smelling even better! #skhops #skbeer #skhops4skbeer
Final mow before we host tours for a few days and than harvest! It was a super challenging first half of the growing season followed by a fantastic last 8 weeks to get the hops looking pretty nice overall! #skhops #skbeer #skhops4skbeer
Old ‘Orville’ got some chopping done today (left) to have easier on/off during harvest when fully loaded with hops (right is last year)! Nice to have time to fine tune things this year. Hops are 7-10 days from being ready. #skhops #skbeer #skhops4skbeer
