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Crafting quality hops with quality growers.

When we started Indie Hops in 2009, we knew we needed to build solid relationships with knowledgeable, forward-thinking growers. It is on farms and ranches that hop plants grow each year, loading the oils and acids into dangling hops that balance malty sweetness and add the hop flavors and aromas people love in beer.

Early in the process of setting up shop, we were fortunate to meet two exceptional growers–Gayle Goschie of Goschie Farms and John Coleman of Coleman Agriculture. Both had a rich history of growing hops and were open to the idea of targeting the craft market.

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.

In 2018, we could tell that market demand for Strata would increase, so we began broadening our grower relationships to expand acreage. We coordinate propagation and start with virus-free plants from cell cultures maintained in a lab to ensure healthy fields. We started working with F&B Farms in 2018 and Fobert Farms in 2019. In 2021, BC Hop Farms, B&D Farms and Sodbuster Farms all began growing Strata fields for us as well. We’re super happy to be working with these excellent growers.

We also are happy to have partnerships in place with Crosby Hop Farm in Oregon and Roy Farms in Washington state. Both are outstanding hop growers and suppliers that have been licensed to grow and supply our unique varieties to the very diverse and expansive market of USA breweries.

Each of these growers take pride in growing high quality hops. We bring our own passion; and together, we are committed to crafting the highest quality hops for brewers.

Goschie Farms

Goschie Farms has in many ways been a leader in sustainable agriculture. Hop growing efforts are led by Gayle Goschie, a fourth generation farmer and third generation hop grower, with brothers Glenn and Gordie providing solid support.

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Coleman Agriculture

Coleman Agriculture is a seventh-generation family farm with deep roots in Oregon farming, with the Coleman ancestors having established their original farm in 1862. Fast forward to today and the family grows high-quality hops, hazelnuts, seed crops, and vegetables at five farms dispersed across the Willamette Valley and Central Oregon.

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OREGON: CROSBY HOP FARM

In 2018 we enlisted our neighbors, Crosby Hops, to sell Strata in the US. We supply bulk volumes of Strata hop bales to them, which they are authorized to process, package and distribute. Additionally, we have licensed Crosby Hop Farm to grow a portion of the Strata they sell on their own farm.

WASHINGTON: ROY FARMS

Wanting to have a Washington grown Strata option, we pursued a trial field in 2016 with Roy Farms. It took three growing seasons for the plants to adapt to the Yakima Valley, but they did adapt and a nice version of Strata hops resulted. Roy Farms is licensed to grow, process and sell Strata to US breweries.