Post your Fresh Hop beer pictures, comparisons, remarks, ratings and reviews here if you like. The beers can be from anywhere. I'm ready to dive into these three. Cheers BAs and happy hop hunting!
New Trail Brewing along with Bale Breaker Brewing: Fresh Hop IPA. I discussed this beer in a past NBW thread: https://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/new-beer-weekend-272.681666/#post-8248361 Cheers!
Sierra Nevada Northern Hemisphere Harvest Wet Hop IPA. I discussed this beer last weekend in the NBW thread: https://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/new-beer-weekend-275.681818/#post-8259242
I had a bomber of this brew prior to me being on this site. So, prior to 2021. I look frwd to having this year's drop and giving it a review.
This was my first time drinking Sierra Nevada Wet Hopped IPA. It had a notable aroma/flavor of floral (rose-like) for my palate. I will be curious to hear whether you notice the same. Cheers!
I had lunch today at one of my local breweries, Territorial Brewing, and had their Fresh Hop IPL, which is a collaboration beer with Bell's. It was brewed at both breweries using hops from Bell's Side Yard hops yard, one of which is an experimental hop. Bell's currently has their version on tap too, and it would be interesting to have them both side-by-side to experience whatever difference might exist from brewing with the same ingredients (except water) but on different brewing systems (Territorial's standard system vs. Bell's pilot system at the large production brewery).
Another tasty one from Sierra Nevada for sure. @JackHorzempa I do find a a bit of floral hop notes here. https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/140/6549/
Straight Outta Harvest by Crux Fermentation Project Bend, OR A super dank hybrid Fresh Hop IPA that expresses the best of Amarillo hops: green, underripe pineapple, tangerine, and citrus aroma and flavor, all atop a light body with clean, medium bitterness and a lingering fresh hop flavor at the finish. Made with a combination of Crosby's Amarillo Fresh Hop CGX and whole cone Amarillo fresh hops.
Fresh is Best by Crux Fermentation Project Bend, OR Every August, our brewers make the trip over the mountains to Goschie Farm to pick up the season’s first fresh hops – Centennial! Citrus and pine notes make this the perfect hop to transition from summer to fall. And as we all know, So this one has a very similar hop flavor profile to SN Northern Hemi BA Snoogens!
Love seeing that Castle Danger here. On our second half barrel of it at the bar. Duluth represent. That Sierra Wet Hop is phenomenal too.
CD '25 Fresh Hop is so incredibly EZ to crush for 6.5%. Great lustrous feel as well. Where you at brother? I'm in Plymouth/cities.
I discussed this beer in a recent WBAYDN thread: https://www.beeradvocate.com/commun...drinking-now-4758.681839/page-14#post-8261725 Foam Brewers - Local Dork It's an NEIPA style that uses fresh chinook hops. As indicated in my post, the description on the BA page is different from what I drank. I also think that Foam releases different versions of this beer depending on when they are gaining access to the wet hops. This one wasn't what I expected, being hazy and all, but I found it to be still tasty nonetheless.
The annual Fresh Hop thread in the NW forum has been going since late July, and has reached 38 pages to date: https://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/fresh-hop-season-2025.681205/ (BTW, you can skip the first few pages. There wasn't much reliable fresh hop info until early August, and us NW folks do tend to drift off-topic from time to time...)
Unfortunately, it's just about the end of the season. So most fh beers have already been drunk at this point, and those still around generally aren't at their best. It's also debatable whether celebration ale should be characterized as a fh beer, as it does not use any wet hops.
