Fresh Hop 2020

Picked up a can of the Blossom Citra over the weekend and it crushes. So far it's my standout FH beer for the season.

For non-hazy, I've been liking Stoup's FH variants. Not usually a Stoup fan but these are just clean and hoppy

 

9/23

 

I believe Cloudburst said Wetwired would be sold at Cloudburst and Holy Mountain only. Both places are sold out of cans so I think you're out of luck.

 

It was brewery only at Cloudburst and Holy Mountain. Sold out over the weekend, way faster than they expected.

I had Stoup's Simcoe Fresh Hop Fiend last night. Super old school IPA. I really enjoyed it.

 

That's what I liked about the Simcoe. The Chinook was also a welcomed throwback. I'll never get tired of those hops

 

It's funny how Simcoe is now considered an old hop.

 

Ruse is really big on mixing a single FH with a bunch of dried stuff. I know other breweries sometimes do it, but it seems to always overpower the fresh green characteristic in the Ruse ones I've had in the past.

 

My parents came by briefly to drop off my cardboard cutout from T-Mobile Park, and my dad gave me a can of Ravenna's Idaho 7 FH IPA. I guess he got the last four park the brewery. I've drank 32 unique fresh hop beer and have nine more in the fridge. On the road to 41 uniques at the moment. Not bad for being stuck at home in a global pandemic.

 

Congratulations to the winners of the Oregon Beer Awards 2020 Fresh Hop competition, which was held this past Saturday. Gold, silver, and bronze awards were given in three different categories.

I'd like to send special congratulations to @afrokaze and the folks at Breakside for taking home almost half of the 9 awards.

Hazy IPA or Pale Ale (25 entries):

• Gold: Ruse Brewing: Fresh Hop About That Time
• Silver: Breakside Brewery: What Fresh Beast
• Bronze: Sasquatch Brewing: Mouth Pillow Hazy IPA

American IPA and Pale Ale (66 entries):

• Gold: Breakside Brewery: Fresh Hop Wanderlust IPA
• Silver: Breakside Brewery: Fresh Hop India Golden Ale (IGA)
• Bronze: Three Creeks Brewing: Conelick’r

Other Fresh Hop Beer (17 entries):

• Gold: Breakside Brewery: Fresh Hop Sterling Pils
• Silver: Zoiglhaus Brewing: Fresh Hop Zoigl-Kolsch
• Bronze: Baerlic Brewing: Fresh Hop Pioneer ESB

(Results courtesy of The New School.)

 

Scored on 6 different cans at Peaks & Pints today. Pretty much what I was looking for that they had. Cool place. So I’ll be taking backing back a case of mix Great Notion and around another 16 cans of mostly wet hop ipa/dipa’s (west coast and some hazy’s). I’ll definitely be flying back for the day to bring back some GN cans in the future. Thank you all for your help in finding some of Seattle and Washington’s best.

 

For the TC folk. White bluffs posted this (the quote below) Oct 9 to their FB. I do like Mosiac. Might have to convince my wife to let me make the 50 minute round trip journey.

“Fall is coming and patio time is shortening. Enjoy the harvest as we release Fresh Hop Bluffdiver IPA today. Wonderful fruity aroma from the Mosaic and Satus hops but bone dry and assertive for the diehard Bluff-heads. Cheers!“

 

Thanks, and congrats to the other winners! Just had the Zoigl- Kolsch last night and loved it. The FH ESB by Baerlic was also the best non-IPA FH beer I had this year, so we're in good company. Can't wait for the actual OBA awards ceremony next year.

 

Anyone know what a 4-pack of Fort George Fields of Green goes for (preferably in Seattle, since the price would be at least 10% more here than Oregon)? I just picked one up at Metropolitan Market and it wasn't in the system, price wasn't posted either. Cashier pulled the value of $11.99 out of her ass, which was fine with me. After dropping $22 plus tip for a 4-pack of wetwired on Saturday morning (let alone all the other fresh hop beers that have been draining my wallet over the last few weeks), it would be kind of nice to know I got some kind of inadvertent discount for once.

 

Bottleworks had it for $4.75 a can, which I guess would be $19.00 if my mental math is OK. I'd expect them to be a little expensive, but probably not $7 over normal market.

https://www.bottleworks.com/product/fort-george-fields-of-green-wet-hop-version-hazy-ipa-can/

 

Well there’s some amount of markup for breaking up a 4-pack but probably not 58%. I’ll consider it a win.

 

$18/4 pack at the brewery. You win this one.