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Wacky Wet Hop Weekend!
Join us for a weekend celebration of the bounty of this year's hop harvest. If you're
a fan of the
humulus lupulus, then you're in for a real treat. We've decided to highlight 4
breweries embracing the trend of seasonal wet hop brewing, and we'll be featuring them in keg
form. Wet hop beers come under many guises, from "harvest ale" to "fresh hop ale" to the
standard "IPA". They are in essence, ales or lagers brewed during the height of the hop
harvest, in which whole cone "wet", or freshly harvested hops are added directly to
the brewing beer. These beers are typically brewed the same day the hops are harvested,
rather that allowing them to undergo the standard procedure of drying before use.
Brewing with wet hops imparts a subtle, fresh, fragrant, rich, resinous, grassy hop quality
not typically found in beers with standard hop additions.
Aaand, don't forget to join us Sunday for some fog, and some halloweeny themed
and pumpkiny themed beers. Booooooooooo!
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A Few New Bottles
Nectar Ales IPA / Paso Robles, Ca / 12 oz bottles
It's good.
Ommegang Cup of Kyndnes / Cooperstown, Ny / 750ml corked and caged
Brand new Belgian scotch ale from Ommegang.
Dry and fruity, with a slight peat smoke quality.
North Coast Old Rasputin / Fort Bragg, Ca / 12 oz bottles and 4 packs
Everyone's favorite Russian Imperial Stout is back!
Elysian Night Owl Pumpkin Ale / Seattle, Wa / 22oz bottles
In case you're not sick of pumpkin ale yet, here comes another.
Draft version to follow.
Allagash Black / Portland, Me / 750ml corked and caged
A delicious Belgian stout for your enjoyment.
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Dry Hopped Green Flash Palate Wrecker
If the wet hop beers listed below are too tame for you, than there's
always the palate wrecker. A taste bud shattering Imperial IPA
dry hopped with 4 ounces of Simcoe hops, and 4 ounces Columbus
hops. A rare beer, and a devistating beer.
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Founder's Wet Hopped Harvest Ale
A very seasonal release from our friends at Founders.
Pine, lemon, and grassy grapefruit notes dominate this
American Pale Ale.
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Rogue Chatoe First Growth Wet Hop
Brewed using Rogue's own Freedom, Revolution,
Independent, Rebel, Alluvial and Liberty Hops, and
5 varieties of malts. The hops are harvested, loaded into
250lb burlap sacks and driven 77 miles to the Rogue Brewery
in Newport, Oregon. Total time from harvest to brew kettle:
2 hours and 17 minutes.
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Harpoon 100 Barrel Glacier Wet Hop
A truly northeast wet hop ale. Brewed with exclusively New York grown glacier hops and Maine grown barley. Sweet citrus flavor and aroma. A light caramel malt component and a lingering hop oil bitterness.
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Two Brothers Heavy-Handed Wet Hop IPA
Now this one has a darker, english malt presence, with no lack of punishing hop bitterness. One of our favorites.
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Bluepoint Toxic Sludge
It's for the birds. Really. They're suffering. Blue Point is donating 100% of net proceeds from Toxic Sludge to Delaware-based Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research. Drink black IPA to save our feathered friends!
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Brooklyn Brewery Cuvee Noire
The newest of Brooklyn's Brewmaster series. A dry and fruity black Belgian ale.
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