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Hops common to Ontario

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Hey there,

Quick question:

Does anyone know what hop variety is common to flower gardens in the Ontario region of the world? I only ask as my wife and mother both have hops vines in their gardens and I want to know if it's possible to dry them and use them in a homebrew. Unfortunately I wasn't bright enough to get a picture of them before deciding to ask this question and I've been unable to find anything specific via Google as of yet.

I'll try to get a picture tomorrow to see if that helps at all. I'm guessing that it isn't one of the common brewing types but would it ever be crazy to find out that I've had Cascade or Fuggles growing in my backyard for the last three years and not known about it. :o
 
I've got a friend in Ottawa who grows his own, they keep climbing his house, I'll try to see what variety he has.
 
Hehe, not much help at all, apparently, he says most of the common ones will grow around here, he's got hallertauer and nugget.
 
Thanks CG! I'll keep looking around to see if I can get any more information. The only thing I know about the hops that we have growing as that it is virtually impossible to kill and can live through most any soil conditions.
 
The most common variety of hop gone "feral" in the US (and likely portions of Canada) is "cluster," which is speculated to be a non-sterile hybrid of several noble European hops brought originally to North America by Dutch colonists in the 16 to 1700's. Cluster was the predominant American beer hop of the pre-Prohibition era, and most wild hop plants around the country are cluster.
 
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