As citrus season winds down around here, I’m reminded that it usually signifies the beginning of spring. Cherry blossoms are starting to bud outside my window, the evenings are starting to get longer, and soon the little hop shoots will show themselves on my back porch. This year I plan to dig up my hop plants and separate a few of the rhizomes so I can grow multiple bunches of bines.
I say all this as a whopping winter storm is hitting the Washington coast, so perhaps my hop gardening will have to wait until spring actually starts to show her face around here.
This entry is the second in a two-part series. It’s a delicious tart made with 3 types of oranges and one of my favorite beers: Epic Ales Solar Trans Amplifier. This builds on my last post, utilizing the marmalade I made with the same beer. On top of that, my dear friend Mark of Leggoman Productions has made an incredible video for me. His theme as of late has been monsters, so this video aptly features a hop monster that chows down on my cake.
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