For beer enthusiasts, chasing freshies is like chasing a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. A friend tells you about the most amazing fresh hop beer at XYZ brewery, you run to that brewery and to your lament, POOF!, the freshie is gone. We recently facilitated our...
And the winner is… Below I share the list of winning breweries and beers at this year’s Yakima Fresh Hop Ale Festival, which took place last Saturday. In addition to the list of professional brewers that won awards, I want to give a special shout out to...
Yakima, WA. June 4th, 2021 The Fresh Hop Group announced today the Fresh Hop Ale Festival will be moving to the SOZO Sports Complex located at 2200 S. 36th Ave. Yakima, Wa. 98903 SOZO Sports Complex With the current phase system in place and the requirements of...
Our tasting panel returns for a 2-part series to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year… FRESH HOP SEASON! Join us as we taste and review eight PNW Fresh Hops! Panel IncludesAnnie Johnson, Brewmaster/Brewery Consultant ABrewsC Bobby Wood, Advanced Cicerone,...
It's the most wonderful time of the year... For hop-heads. Fresh hop season—the growing, priming and gathering harvest for hops has been completed across Yakima Valley, home to approximately 75 percent of this great nation's hop acreage, and put into a variety of...
Now is the time. Here is the place. Officially kicking off yesterday, fresh hop season has begun and the Northwest is bringing it on in more ways than one—with festivals like hop kingdom Yakima Valley's Fresh Hop Ale Festival and Portland's Fresh Hop Beer Fest both...
