Beer Review #53 — Fremont Field To Ferment Fresh Hop Pale Ale(s)

Fresh hop season is upon us and I could not be any happier. Fremont has been giving us delicious but limited fresh hop beers from their kick ass Cowiche Canyon hop program, where they partner with hop growers to grow small plots of organic delicious hops. For the first time this [...]

Beer Review #53 — Fremont Field To Ferment Fresh Hop Pale Ale(s)2018-10-18T13:21:57-07:00

Beer Review #50 — Two Beers Fresh Hop IPA (2016)

Welcome again to another Tap Trail review installment. It would appear imminent that Fresh Hop Season is upon us. The hops are being harvested and dumped into brews left and right. However, the first package on the scene this year comes from Two Beers. They are usually the first to the [...]

Beer Review #50 — Two Beers Fresh Hop IPA (2016)2016-08-31T10:26:26-07:00

Beer Review #23 — Deschutes Chasin’ Freshies Fresh Hop IPA

Fresh hop season has been upon us for quite some time now, there have been many delicious renditions, and a few duds of suds so far. Everything from "Fresh Hop" to "Wet Hop" and everything in between, it is certainly harvest time for hops, and most definitely time to reap the [...]

Beer Review #23 — Deschutes Chasin’ Freshies Fresh Hop IPA2018-10-18T13:24:28-07:00

Boundary Bay Brewery turning 20, throwing massive block party

Boundary Bay Brewery turns 20 on Wednesday, Sept. 16, and it will be celebrating with the “biggest, baddest block party Bellingham has ever seen!” This milestone happens to fall right in the middle of Bellingham Beer Week, which makes it even more special. Admission is free and all ages are welcome. [...]

Boundary Bay Brewery turning 20, throwing massive block party2018-10-18T13:27:32-07:00

Beer Review #5 — Stone Enjoy By 07.04.15 IPA

Welcome back hop heads and beer lovers! This week we have a true hop bomb thanks to Stone. This series of beers, affectionately referred to as "Enjoy By" has been Stone's mission to get the freshest, most hoppy beer, into the hands of the consumer as quickly as possible. Simply put, this is [...]

Beer Review #5 — Stone Enjoy By 07.04.15 IPA2018-10-18T13:28:12-07:00

Sierra Nevada’s Hop Hunter IPA unlike any other fresh hop beer

After hops are harvested in the fall, typically from August through September, they generally take one of two paths. Most of them are immediately dried in a kiln, and then the whole cones are compressed into bales or processed into pellets or hop extract. The remaining small amount is immediately sent [...]

Sierra Nevada’s Hop Hunter IPA unlike any other fresh hop beer2018-10-18T13:30:22-07:00
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