Fresh Hops (2024)

2014 BY was one of the best beers I ever had

 

Lagunitas was doing some epic shit back then

 

Update:

Very good

• (new) Solaris fh Sunlit Showers w/Cascade
• Fremont Head Full of FH w/HBC 1019
• Green Cheek Flying w/Purpose w/Mosiac
• Great Notion fh Dune w/Simcoe
• Breakside/ISM w/Idaho 7

Good

• (new) Highland Park fh Timbo w/Mosaic
• (new) Solaris Bountiful Goodness w/Strata
• Stone fh Ruination w/Centennial
• Great Notion fh Ripe w/Citra
• Breakside Double Wanderlust w/Crystal
  
• Green Cheek ASAP as Possible w/Strata
• Kern Wet Exit w/Strata
• Fremont F2F w/Strata

Meh

• Great Notion fh Easy Lift w/Cascade
• Breakside Wanderlust w/Cascade

 

Just saw a FH keg from Coronado Brewing is on tap at the local taproom, Skeleton Bay.
Haven't heard of this one, but I've never been overly impressed with Coronado's stuff... anyone tried it?

 

I recently bought a 4pk. While not as good as some of the others mentioned in this thread. A very enjoyable beer!

 

I’m having a taster pour of it right now, not really digging it which is a bummer.

 

Just saw Moonlight's Homegrown Wet Hop Ale for the first time. Canned 10/18 this is typically the last wet hop beer reheat released every year (unless they also release their wet hop dark ale).

It's pretty middling this year. A bit tepid in the malt department with a bright but imbalanced and overly vegetal hop bitterness. Nice enough beer but not something I'd feel the need to revisit

 

Haven’t had this one before but grabbed one to try. It’s fine, but not as “bright” as some of the FH releases I’ve enjoyed more.

 

That's the first Krush fka HBC 586 beer I've seen this year. Apparently grown only 30 minutes from their ID production brewery. I wonder how if it was better super fresh as many fh beers tend to be...looks like it was released mid Oct.

More here https://www.motherearthbrewco.com/p...s-fresh-hop-ipa-is-a-late-harvest-masterpiece

 

yeah I was wondering about that as well. Mine was canned 10/8… from what I found from a quick read they were originally planning on using different hops, so it sounds like they had to pivot late in the game and maybe that changed the overall release timeline.

 

Moonlight announced the release of Tipple, their dark winter ale, which uses wet hops. I'll be on the lookout for it, it's an interesting beer and the label art is one of my all time favorites.