It’s been awhile since I’ve attempted to keep track of the fresh hops beers that are coming out, especially with so many breweries in Oregon these days brewing fresh hop beers. Keeping up to date on the Central Oregon is a bit more manageable, so keep watching this post as I will update it with the latest fresh hop beer, news, and events as they come out.

Beers (brewery, beer, variety, date available)

— Known release dates —

1. RiverBend Brewing: Bad to the Bine, Centennial, Sep. 5
2. Three Creeks Brewing: Cone Lick’r, Centennial, Sep. 8 (draft and bottles)
3. Bend Brewing: Friends & Fermentation Fresh Hop Double IPA, Cascade and Gargoyle, Sep. 13
4. Wild Ride Brewing: 3 Sisters Wet Hopped Red Ale, Centennial and Cascade, Sep. 14
5. RiverBend: Strictly 4 My Nuggets, Nugget, Sep. 14
6. 10 Barrel Brewing: Fukton, Cetennial and Cascade, Sep. 14
7. McMenamins: Thundercone Fresh Hop Pale Ale, Cascade, Sep. 15 (draft and cans)
8. RiverBend: Straight Outta Crosby Fresh Hop IPA, Amarillo, Sep. 15
9. Wild Ride: Northbound and Down Fresh Hop IPA, Amarillo, Sep. 15
10. Immersion Brewing: Rollin Freshies, Cascade, Sep. 15
11. GoodLife: Fresh Hop Descender IPA, Centennial, Sep. 17?
12. Crux Fermentation Project: Dr. Jack Fresh Hop IPA, Cascade, Sep. 19 (draft and cans)
13. Cascade Lakes Brewing: Sizzle Juice, (unknown), Sep. 19? (draft and bottles)
14. Bridge 99 Brewery: Fresh Hop IPA, Cascade, Sep. 20
15. Deschutes Brewery: Melberg Fresh Hop Gose, Meridian, Sep. 20?
16. Immersion: Get Along Little Hoppies NE-style IPA, Cascade, Sep. 20
17. Three Creeks: Hop Wrangler Red, Amarillo, Sep. 22
18. Crux Fermentation Project: Way Two Fresh, Mosaic and Simcoe, Sep. 27 (draft and cans)
19. Crux: Delta Fresh Lager, Delta, Sep. 27?
20. Sunriver Brewing: D’Bomb Fresh Hop IPA, Amarillo, Sep. 27
21. Kobold: Fresh Hop IPA, Sep. 29
22. Wild Ride: Journey to Planet Fresh Hop, Cascade and Centennial, ~Sep. 30
23. GoodLife: 150 Hippies, Simcoe and community hops, ~Sep. 30
24. McMenamins: Backyard Special Bitter Fresh Hop, Cascade and Nugget, ~Sep. 30
25. Crux Fermentation Project: Crystal Zwickle, Crystal, Oct. 4 (draft and cans)
26. Silver Moon Brewing: Hoppopotamus, Cascade, Oct. 2?
27. Deschutes Brewery: Savin’ Freshies, Centenntial, Oct. 7
28. Deschutes Brewery: Hop Trip, Crystal, Oct. 7 (draft and bottles)
29. Deschutes Brewery: Fresh Hop Oktoberfest, Willamette, Oct. 7
30. Deschutes Brewery: Fresh Hop Mosaic IPA, Mosaic, Oct. 7
31. Deschutes Brewery: PDX Fresh Hop Laber, Oct. 7
32. Bend Brewing: Fresh Hop Annex IPA
33. Crux Fermentation Project: Off the Fence, Cascade
34. Deschutes Brewery: Chasin’ Freshies
35. Deschutes Brewery: Fresh Hop American Wheat, experimental #431
36. Sunriver: D’Kine Fresh Hop IPA, Mosaic
37. Worthy Brewing: Hop Gusher, Crystal
38. Cascade Lakes: Frog Water, Cascade (draft and bottles)
39. Ochoco: Fresh hop, Comet, Centennial, Cascade
40. Smith Rock Brewing: Fresh Hop Belay IPA
41. Smith Rock Brewing: Fresh Hop Cascadia IPA, Cascade

Events

• Sisters Fresh Hop Festival – Sep. 30
• Fresh Hop Beer Pairing Party at 10 Barrel East – Oct. 5
• Hoptoberfest Brew-Off fresh hop homebrew competition at Worthy Brewing – Oct. 7 (entries due 10/5)
• Deschutes Savin’ Freshies release party – Oct. 7
• Fresh Hops on the Pond – Bend Brewing Company mini-fest – Oct. 14

(See also the list of this year’s various fresh hop fests that I’ve tracked down.)

News

• 8/23 – Three Creeks brewing Cone Lick’r
• 8/31 – McMenamins “running of the brewers” for Thundercone
• 9/4 – Bridge 99 brewing Fresh Hop IPA with local Cascades
• 9/5 – Crux brewing Dr. Jack Fresh Hop IPA with Goschie Cascades
• 9/6 – Three Creeks bottling Cone Lick’r
• 9/6 – Cascade Lakes brewing Sizzle Juice
• 9/7 – GoodLife collecting hops for 150 Hippies, brewing 9/8
• 9/7 – Ochoco brewing their fresh hop with Comet, Centennial, and Cascade
• 9/8 – Crux picking their local hops for Off The Fence
• 9/12 – Kobold is brewing up a Fresh Hop IPA
• 9/12 – Silver Moon brewing Hoppopotamus
• 9/12 – Crux brewing Crystal Zwickle
• 9/12 – Wild Ride brewing Journey to Planet Fresh Hop
• 9/13 – Smith Rock brewing Fresh Hop Belay IPA
• 9/14 – Sunriver has D’Kine and D’Bomb in the tanks
• 9/19 – Smith Rock brewing Fresh Hop Cascadia IPA with home-picked Cascades