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Three more fresh hop beer mini-reviews for your reading pleasure! Two from Redmond breweries, and my other homebrewed fresh hop ale. Let’s go! Triumphant Fresh Hop Pale Ale – Wild Ride Brewing Though Wild Ride only packaged Journey to a New Strata-Sphere this year, I was able to pick up … Continue reading
Here are the next three fresh hop beers I drank and scribbled some notes about. All beers were picked up in cans to enjoy at home, naturally. In this batch are some nice beers from Breakside Brewery, Matchless Brewing, and Fort George Brewery. Fresh Kids Fresh Hop IPA – Breakside … Continue reading
Three more mini-reviews for my at-home fresh hop drinking! Featuring beers from Ex Novo Brewing, Hopworks Urban Brewery, and another from Crux Fermentation Project. Fresh Hop Eliot IPA – Ex Novo Brewing This is the fresh hop version of the brewery’s flagship Eliot IPA, featuring Centennial hops from Goschie Farms. … Continue reading
Here’s the next batch of mini-reviews in my quarantine at-home fresh hop season. I’ve started with my own homebrew featuring Santiam hops, then check out one from Migration Brewing. Desert Harvest Fresh Hop Ale – Santiam – Homebrew I try to brew a fresh hop ale every year with the … Continue reading
I received a couple of cans of Crux Fermentation Project‘s next fresh hop beer of the year, Sabro Hazy Fresh Hop IPA. In addition to the Sabro hops I’m told there is also fresh Strata used as well. Here’s the description: With so many of our locally grown hop species … Continue reading
Bend Brewing Company today sent out a press release announcing the three fresh hop beers it will be releasing this year, along with news about this year’s Fresh Hops on the Pond event. Short version—due to COVID-19 that event is canceled but BBC has an alternative option. Here’s the press … Continue reading
This year’s fresh hop season looks a bit different with the COVID-19 pandemic. Events have been canceled, and I’m not planning on running all over the place looking for draft pours (it’s a pandemic, folks—stay home and wear a mask and maybe we can actually get things under control like … Continue reading
It’s hard to believe it’s that time of year already—fresh hops season! This year’s a bit different with COVID-19; I don’t know about you, but since the pandemic hit and quarantine/shelter at home was initiated, we’ve been laying low and avoiding going out unless necessary. That also changes the dynamic … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin is all about hops—specifically, the harvest and hop selection that takes place each year, focusing on Yakima, Washington. The backstory: I was recently invited on a media trip to the Yakima Valley to explore the hop, beer, and tourism culture for a long weekend, … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin came out the previous Sunday, in which I write about the best time of year: fresh hop season! This time around, I touch on using fresh hops in a brew, from the commercial with Deschutes Brewery’s Robin Johnson (Bend Pub head brewer), to using … Continue reading