If variety is the spice of life, apparently I'm a tried-but-true kind of spice girl - Hoppy Spice!
Apparently, for the last three years, my only or most up-to-date beer blog post occurred around mid-to-late September, which is prime hops season out here in the PNW. This is otherwise known as, quite literally, the hoppiest time of the year - because fresh hop season is. truly. the. best.
Not convinced? Maybe a Pultizer-winning publication's coverage of "The Wonder of the Fresh Hop" can bring you from the dark side...
Anyway, fresh hop season is upon us in Seattle, and what a season it's been already. Fremont's Field to Ferment program has released all three of its fresh-hopped Pale Ales (Centennial, Simcoe, and Citra this year), and the brewery's famed Cowiche Canyon Fresh Hop Ale. KB came over to split a Citra and Cowiche last night, and wow - well, the 2018 Cowiche is epic. Do yourself a favor and try it at the Urban Beer Garden (and/or Brouwer's "All the Fremont Fresh Hops" event on October 10) before they run out...(guess where this month's dogsitting funds are being allocated...)
As I (attempt to) make the fresh hop rounds this year, I'll do my darnedest to provide more timely updates...or at least prior to September 2019. Beyond Brouwer's, I'm currently keeping my sights on the Noble Fir's Seattle v. Portland Hop Showdown (September 29), the Pine Box's annual Fresh Hop fiesta (October 9-12), and any opportune moment to steal away to Cloudburst, as Steve Luke's freshies are the mad gnar pow of the beer world.
Cheers!
N
(aka the long-lost sixth Spice Girl...oh my, what a Halloween costume that could be).
Apparently, for the last three years, my only or most up-to-date beer blog post occurred around mid-to-late September, which is prime hops season out here in the PNW. This is otherwise known as, quite literally, the hoppiest time of the year - because fresh hop season is. truly. the. best.
Not convinced? Maybe a Pultizer-winning publication's coverage of "The Wonder of the Fresh Hop" can bring you from the dark side...
Anyway, fresh hop season is upon us in Seattle, and what a season it's been already. Fremont's Field to Ferment program has released all three of its fresh-hopped Pale Ales (Centennial, Simcoe, and Citra this year), and the brewery's famed Cowiche Canyon Fresh Hop Ale. KB came over to split a Citra and Cowiche last night, and wow - well, the 2018 Cowiche is epic. Do yourself a favor and try it at the Urban Beer Garden (and/or Brouwer's "All the Fremont Fresh Hops" event on October 10) before they run out...(guess where this month's dogsitting funds are being allocated...)
As I (attempt to) make the fresh hop rounds this year, I'll do my darnedest to provide more timely updates...or at least prior to September 2019. Beyond Brouwer's, I'm currently keeping my sights on the Noble Fir's Seattle v. Portland Hop Showdown (September 29), the Pine Box's annual Fresh Hop fiesta (October 9-12), and any opportune moment to steal away to Cloudburst, as Steve Luke's freshies are the mad gnar pow of the beer world.
Cheers!
N
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