A Complete Unknown IPA
Cloudburst Brewing

This go around we used not one, but TWO experimental hops (HQG 1 and HQG 3) from the Hop Quality Group, of which we’ve been a member since 2019. If you're unfamiliar, the HQG was established in 2010 by a group of 9 breweries you’ve probably heard of - Russian River, Sierra Nevada, Stone, Bell’s, New Belgium, Firestone Walker, Odells, New Glarus, & Sam Adams - and has grown to a group of 60+ breweries, including yours truly. We tour hop farms, facilities and pellet mills; establish best practice guidelines for quality and safety; and fund a breeding program that someday will produce new, publicly available hops varieties - like these two.