Fresh Hop 2019

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  1. John_M

    John_M Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,849) Oct 25, 2003 Washington
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    Awful might be a tad strong for the float on, but it's awfully unremarkable and forgettable. Even the bartender at BS was unable to come up with anything positive to say about the beer.

    On the other hand, the Bend Brewing fresh trop I'm currently drinking is quite good. I'm glad @distantmantra put me on to it.
     
    #341 John_M, Oct 6, 2019
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  2. weaverr

    weaverr Zealot (729) Jun 10, 2008 California

    Breakside in Slabtown has french presses of fresh hops for your beer if you need the freshest hops possible. I think it was $10 for 22oz of a regular beer or $12 for 20oz of a fresh hop beer. I'm not sure if it's actually a randall or if they're using a regular french press, but if you put beer in a french press and compress it, all the CO2 is going to be forced out. Hmm.

    Also Von Ebert in the Pearl finally has FH Volatile Substance on tap. Good beer but didn't get a ton of FH character out of it.
     
    #342 weaverr, Oct 7, 2019
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  3. distantmantra

    distantmantra Pooh-Bah (2,954) May 23, 2011 Washington
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    Mirage's Bentley Truck has to be a troll attempt. Mosaic fresh hop IPA with pureed blueberries? Just tastes like a fruit beer. :grin:
     
    #343 distantmantra, Oct 7, 2019
  4. derftron

    derftron Pooh-Bah (1,663) Feb 8, 2012 Oregon
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    ok i dont know what the hell is going on here, but im intrigued.
     
    #344 derftron, Oct 7, 2019
  5. John_M

    John_M Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,849) Oct 25, 2003 Washington
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    For those who might be interested in such things, just got an alert that Belmont Station tapped a keg of FH Bodhi.
     
    #345 John_M, Oct 8, 2019
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  6. derftron

    derftron Pooh-Bah (1,663) Feb 8, 2012 Oregon
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    Am having a pint as I’m typing this. No surprise, it’s one of the best of the season. Me thinks Georgetown knows what they are doing with hops

     
    #346 derftron, Oct 8, 2019
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  7. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    Having a Structures FH Vivid now. They call it a West Coast IPA, and it does have some bite, but it one of the densest murkbombs I've ever seen.

     
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  8. weaverr

    weaverr Zealot (729) Jun 10, 2008 California

    Finally caught up with Ruben's FH Crikey and holy crap, that might be my number one so far.
     
    #348 weaverr, Oct 8, 2019
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  9. John_M

    John_M Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,849) Oct 25, 2003 Washington
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    Delicious FH beer and incredibly drinkable I thought.
     
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  10. derftron

    derftron Pooh-Bah (1,663) Feb 8, 2012 Oregon
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    Stopped by Deschutes in NW PDX. FH Mirror Pond is one of the first FH beers i ever had so I always like to revisit it from time to time. Well, just so I don’t turn this post into a yelp review......

    FH hop trip wasn’t very good (couldn’t detect any fresh hops). Not terrible, but a very average beer

    FH mirror pond was worse. Not sure if the recipe changed or if it’s my pallet. But this tasted like not much of anything, especially fresh hops. Juxtaposed to the FH bodhi I had yesterday, these aren’t in the same universe

    Left both beers 1/2 drank, settled up, and migrated to Higgins

    Also, they did change the recipe on the beer nuts which were also pretty bad.
     
    #350 derftron, Oct 9, 2019
  11. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    Having a FH Crikey now, canned 9/10/19. very nice, but not overwhelming. The Citraslicker I had a few nights ago is still in the lead as best of the year for me.
     
    #351 BBThunderbolt, Oct 9, 2019
  12. dphi

    dphi Zealot (534) Apr 14, 2013 Oregon

    Fresh hop de Garde/Monkish DIPA getting released this week if anyone wants to try the first fresh hop that you need to line up for
     
    #352 dphi, Oct 9, 2019
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  13. heyhiggi

    heyhiggi Devotee (347) Sep 6, 2014 Oregon
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    If there are any other leads on FH Bodhi please post
     
    #353 heyhiggi, Oct 9, 2019
  14. vurt

    vurt Grand Pooh-Bah (4,504) Apr 11, 2004 Oregon
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    Believe me, I keep checking my list of usual suspects twice daily.
     
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  15. distantmantra

    distantmantra Pooh-Bah (2,954) May 23, 2011 Washington
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    The first year Holy Mountain did Wetwired with Cloudburst there was a line of about 20 people waiting outside the brewery for growlers.
     
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  16. derftron

    derftron Pooh-Bah (1,663) Feb 8, 2012 Oregon
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    It was on at Belmont Station and I was gonna go back for a 2nd glass today but the keg is already gone :slight_frown:

    Will update if i see it around.
     
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  17. sharpski

    sharpski Grand Pooh-Bah (3,100) Oct 11, 2010 Oregon
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    Probably not very helpful to you, but On Tap here in Bend was pouring their keg yesterday. Instant top 3 for me this year.
     
    #357 sharpski, Oct 9, 2019
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  18. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    Enjoying my 1st Cowiche of the year. Had an Aslan FH Kellerbier earlier.
     
    #358 BBThunderbolt, Oct 9, 2019
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  19. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    Would a FH beer bottled in September '19 still count as fresh?

    Because this Garden Path The Wet Hopped Ship is pretty damn good. Foudre aged, nice and tart. Good hop flavors.

     
    #359 BBThunderbolt, Oct 10, 2019
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  20. distantmantra

    distantmantra Pooh-Bah (2,954) May 23, 2011 Washington
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    Yes. Cowiche was canned on 9/23 and it tastes damn good.
     
    #360 distantmantra, Oct 10, 2019
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