Enjoy this 30-second timelapse of Luminosa Hops growing in Oregon

Indie Hops is an excellent Oregon-based hop developer and supplier servicing the craft beer industry. Back when it started in 2009, the company needed to make some serious relationships with hop growers and experts — as the hop industry is a difficult industry to enter and master. Early in the process, Indie Hops partnered with growers like Gayle Goschie of Goschie Farms and John Coleman of Coleman Agriculture to help ensure its success. From the company’s growers page:

We started by contracting small fields of multiple public varieties with these growers. As our business grew, so did the number of acres that we planted with each farm. When our hop development efforts reached a point that required commercial testing grounds, we established advanced nurseries on these farms. And when we reached the exciting point of launching our own hop varieties into the market, it was with these farm partners that we planted the first commercial acreage.

Coleman Agriculture and Goschie Farms have been our primary growers since our humble beginnings, and remain so today. They grow beautiful hops and have been more than we could ask for in farm partners! We work closely with them to navigate the hop market and to ensure optimum character development and harvest timing for every variety that we supply.

One of these hop varieties is called Luminosa, and it’s a tasty sort. The bright fresh fruits of Luminosa will transport beer drinkers to the sunny white sands of a Caribbean beach. Latin for “full of brightness,” Luminosa has hints of peach-mango lemonade, candied orange peel, boysenberry, papaya and guava. Unlike most punchy hops, Luminosa is almost completely void of resinous and piney character. Check it out right here. It’s available in pellets or whole cones.

Speaking of whole cones, while you’re here, enjoy this 30-second time lapse of Indie Hops’ Luminosa hops growing at the Alluvial Hop Farm in Independence, Oregon. Alluvial is owned by Coleman Agriculture. In the video above, one season of hop growth was documented every morning from May until harvest on August 25, 2023 via the farm’s game trail camera. Then, go check out Indie Hops. It’s a cool operation.