Hops on the Bine
The hops are planted and climbing. Bines wind up the twine of the hop yard all summer, and the cones they set are picked right here for our farm-grown beers — the same yard we first planted back in 2012, still doing its job.
Growing Now
This season,
in the ground.
Backroom Brewery sits on Sunflower Cottage Herb Farm, and the growing never really stopped. The hop yard is climbing, the basil beds are in full flush, and the tomatoes are turning in the high tunnel. What we grow here doesn't travel far — most of it ends up in the brew kettle or the kitchen a few hundred feet away.
Basil, Two Ways
Sweet basil and red basil grow in beds and pots across the farm — this is an herb farm at heart, after all. Fragrant, fast-growing, and picked in the morning while the oils are strongest.
Tomatoes in the Tunnel
Roma tomatoes are setting fruit in the high tunnel — green and heavy on the vine, a few already blushing red. When they come ripe, they head straight for the kitchen.
From the Beds to the Brewhouse
Basil, red basil, and lemon zest all make their way into the beers — bright, herb-forward batches you won't taste anywhere else, because the ingredients don't exist anywhere else. See what's pouring on the draft list.
Field Notes
Fresh from the rows.
