Fremont Brewing announces Fresh Hop releases
As hop farmers reach the tail end of their harvest, many brewers are just now brewing and finishing up their fresh hop beers. This time of the year is marked by the annual picking parties that see hop cones come off the bines before being kilned and cold stored for use over the next few years. Fresh hop beers are made from the unkilned hops, ideally used within 24-48 hours from harvest before they begin to dry out or decompose.
Despite the setbacks of the pandemic, Seattle, Washington’s Fremont Brewing will release three fresh hop beers in cans this year, and another few brewery only draft options.
“It’s fresh hop season in the Pacific Northwest; that fleeting time of year when whole cone hop flowers are harvested, and we capture their transcendent flavors in fresh hop beers. Fremont is really into fresh hops” writes Fremont’s Zan McColloch-Lussier.
Each of these fresh hop beers is brewed with an average of 25 whopping pounds of whole cone, fresh hops per barrel. Fremont follows the best fresh hop brewing techniques by making a quick trip to Yakima so that they can get the undried hops from farm to brewing kettle within hours and less then 24 hours from their original harvest times.
Release dates are for Fremont Brewing’s Urban Beer Garden and are subject to change based on harvest. Look for these fresh hop beers in our full distribution area a day or two after their brewery release.
FIELD TO FERMENT
Fresh Hop Pale Ale
Releases on September 16 at Fremont’s Urban Beer Garden
Field to Ferment is all new this year, with one version only featuring a fresh hop blend and all new packaging. 2020’s Field to Ferment is brewed with a hand selected blend of Centennial and Sabro fresh hops. All this fresh hop taste needed a bigger can, so look for Field to Ferment in 16 oz. 4 packs with hop-a-rrific artwork.
COWICHE CANYON
Fresh Hop Ale
Releases on September 23
Cowiche Canyon Fresh Hop Ale is brewed with Citra, Simcoe, Mosaic and Ekuanot organic hops grown in the Cowiche Canyon of the Yakima Valley. A certified Salmon Safe beer, we brew Cowiche Canyon ale in partnership with hop-growing wizards from the Yakima Valley in an effort to expand the organic hop industry in Washington State...Because Organic Hops Matter! A portion of all sales fund the Cowiche Canyon Conservancy.
HEAD FULL OF FRESH HOPS
Fresh Hop Hazy IPA
Releases on October 5
Head Full of Fresh Hops is jam packed with Mosaic and Talus fresh hops from Yakima and loaded into the brew kettle within mere hours of harvest. Fresh hop beers are the height of our brewing year. Head Full of Fresh Hops hazy IPA delivers an incredible amount of tropical, citrus and stone fruits to your hop hungry palate. Boom!