Had mine in 5gal buckets, tarped over under the deck for the winter.
Dug them all out yesterday, 2 Chinook, 1 Golding, and 1 Fuggles are getting nice starts (need to go in the ground this year though), the other 2 Mt. Hood, which didn't grow much last year (think I handled them too roughly last year when I transplanted them) don't look to be doing much of anything. Going to leave them for a week or so in the sun to see if anything pops up.
If not I have 2 new Centennial and 2 new Citra to take their place if need be!