Portland, OR based Migration Brewing has been in expansion mode for the past few years, after opening their Gresham location they more recently added Migration Williams and a Rooftop taproom downtown. This season they are expanding their fresh hop releases along with their pubs by releasing one new beer every week in September.

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Straight off the local farms, hops are picked up by the brewing team and utilized in the brewing process within an hour. Migration has partnered with some of their favorite hop producers, including Indie Hops, Crosby Hop Farm, YCH/BC Farms, and Coleman to create Migration’s largest Fresh Hop program to date.   

“It’s exciting and special to release one-of-a-kind beers that are only available for a short time.  These beers really define what’s so special about the Pacific Northwest brewing tradition,” said Mike Branes, Co-Founder and Head Brewer at Migration Brewing. “The character of each beer is entirely unique, and there’s only so many days when they’re available,” notes Branes.

Though the beers are often in short supply, Migration welcomes the celebration as a great opportunity to push innovation. “This is truly something special that the entire team eagerly anticipates every year, as it gives us another great opportunity to celebrate our amazing hop farm partners and to play with the ingredients in fun, unique ways,” stated Branes. “This year, we froze the Strata hops with liquid nitrogen before inserting them into our Fresh Outta Portland IPA. This has produced some amazing results that we’re super excited about,” Branes said. Fresh Outta Portland IPA will be the first beer released, and will be available at all of Migration’s pub locations on draft and in six pack cans on Thursday 9.2. 

Migration will release the following Fresh Hop beers weekly through September:

Fresh Outta Portland IPA
100 bbl brewed Utilizing Strata  
Partner Supplier: Indie Hops/Goschie Farms
Brewdate (Wilkes): August 9-10 
Fresh Hop Pick Up: August 23 
Nitro Freeze the hops and add as dry hop 

Fresh Hop Lager
5 bbl brewed Utilizing fresh Lorien (0X33) in the kettle and 
Partner Supplier: Indie Hops/Coleman Agriculture  Brewdate (Glisan): August 20 
Fresh Hop Pick Up: Lorien 8/20 

Fresh Hop Amarillo Pale
7 bbl brewed Utilizing fresh Amarillo 
Partner supplier: Crosby Hop Farm
Brewdate (Glisan): August 24th
Fresh Hop Pick Up: September 7th
Nitro Freeze hops and add as dry hop.

ReFresh Hazy IPA
20 bbl brewed Utilizing fresh Citra 
Partner Supplier: YCH/ BC Farms
Brewdate (Wilkes): August 26th
Fresh Hop Pick Up: September 7th
Nitro Freeze hops and add as a dry hop

West Coast IPA
7 bbl brewed Utilizing fresh El Dorado 
Partner Supplier: Crosby Hop Farm Brewdate (Glisan): TBD 
Fresh Hop Pick Up: TBD 
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ABOUT MIGRATION BREWING:

Migration Brewing started in 2010 when four friends came together over a passion for craft beer and a dream of opening a brewpub. With a lot of bootstrapping and a little luck, they have since opened four pub locations within Portland. As an award-winning brewery, the Migration team takes great pride in producing world-class beers that embrace innovation while respecting classic styles. 

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