It takes a true Master of the Culinary arts to prepare the humulus lupulus shoot. Not only are hops shoots the world’s most expensive vegetable, given that they look a little like a weedy tendrils of mint, they are also one of the world’s extremely multifaceted medicinal vegetables. The green tips of the hop plant – harvested in the morning hours of early spring. In late April we will offer only to a select group of the Pacific Northwest Gourmet restaurants, our seasonal hop shoots. The Humulus Lupulus (hops) supply and demand issues that have recently pressured the industry, made it easy for us to decide to help our local Brew masters and Culinary Chefs, locate locally grown hops products here in Whatcom county. Often times we find him on the hillside near the climbing bines of hops enjoying the view. Oly is our golden cocker spaniel, that loves the aroma of the towering Cascade hops in late summer. Golden Oly’s hops field is located 5.5 miles east of Bellingham, near state route 542. Golden Oly’s is currently the largest privately owned Biosequestrating hops farm in Whatcom county.
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