South Mountain Hops

South Mountain Hops South Mountain Hops is a small-scale commercial hops farm located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania (Village of Brandtsville, Monroe Township, Cumberland County).

Our Company/Story

Brooks Abeln and Anthony Cieri founded South Mountain Hops (SMH) in January 2013. Our enterprise is based on growing high-quality, Pennsylvania hops that are cultivated in a sustainable way. Brooks is a hydrogeologist by trade and his wide-ranging curiosity led him to hops. Fueled by his natural farming instincts and his knowledge of water and soils, a dream of growing hops on a commercial scale began to take shape. A chat with a neighbor (Anthony) over a few brews and many hours of learning, building, collaborating and working together converted this dream into reality. Our Farm

Our small-scale, commercial hops farm is located in Mechanicsburg, PA (Village of Brandtsville). We focus primarily on Cascade, Willamette and Centennial hops and have ¾ acre under cultivation for 2013. Expansion is planned in the near future both in terms of acreage and hop varieties.

Time to harvest these beauties!
08/14/2015

Time to harvest these beauties!

07/15/2015

A farmer with unusual ideas about how and why to farm hops tells us what the business is like these days.

Prepping for planting the first row of Cascade hops in our new hopyard! Whistleberry Farm - Morgan's Mushrooms
05/05/2015

Prepping for planting the first row of Cascade hops in our new hopyard! Whistleberry Farm - Morgan's Mushrooms

Lil Hop Harvester...
09/03/2013

Lil Hop Harvester...

Top Hop
08/28/2013

Top Hop

08/28/2013
We are harvesting today! Feel free to stop by and join us!
08/24/2013

We are harvesting today! Feel free to stop by and join us!

Harvest Moon
08/24/2013

Harvest Moon

08/19/2013
Centennials!
08/16/2013

Centennials!

08/12/2013

Our Company/Story

Brooks Abeln and Anthony Cieri founded South Mountain Hops (SMH) in January 2013. Our enterprise is based on growing high-quality, Pennsylvania hops that are cultivated in a sustainable way.

Brooks is a hydrogeologist by trade and his wide-ranging curiosity led him to hops. Fueled by his natural farming instincts and his knowledge of water and soils, a dream of growing hops on a commercial scale began to take shape. A chat with a neighbor (Anthony) over a few brews and many hours of learning, building, collaborating and working together converted this dream into reality.

Our Farm

Our small-scale, commercial hops farm is located in Mechanicsburg, PA (Village of Brandtsville). We focus primarily on Cascade, Willamette and Centennial hops and have ¾ acre under cultivation for 2013. Expansion is planned in the near future both in terms of acreage and hop varieties.

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Brandtsville, PA

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