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Fresh Hop Ale Releases at Bale Breaker Brewing Company! Bale Breaker Brewing takes ?fresh hops? to another level. Located right on their fourth generation hop farm, they can proudly state that it takes only four minutes for hops to travel from the picking machine in the field to the brewery kettle where they expertly craft the freshest of fresh hop ales. Bale Breaker will be brewing and releasing 16 total fresh hop brews on tap all throughout the month of harvest. Check out their scheduled releases throughout hop harvest season:
September 6th: Hazy IPA Rotator Series-Prepare for an out-of-this-world experience with the second release in our Hazy IPA Rotator Series. Introducing Haze Harvester Fresh Hop Hazy IPA: a vibrant and bold creation. This brew features our homegrown Citra?, Simcoe?, and Sabro? hops, with an infusion of freshly harvested Strata. Bright aromatics of grapefruit, peach, berries, and coconut will transport your taste buds to new dimensions.
September 24: Green Rush Fresh Hop IPA-Every September brings the Green Rush: the annual influx of brewers and beer lovers to the Yakima Valley to search out the best fresh hops. We?ve got a front row seat from our family hop farm, and this year, we?ve again partnered with the legendary Russian River to create a fresh hop IPA that tastes like striking gold ? fresh hop gold, that is. This fresh hop West Coast IPA features freshly picked homegrown Simcoe? hops for vibrant aromas of grapefruit, peach, mango, and resin.
October 3rd: Citra Slicker Wet Hop IPA-Each hop harvest, the big city brewers from Cloudburst Brewing make the trek from downtown Seattle over the Cascades to team up with the farm brewers from Bale Breaker to brew Citra? Slicker Wet Hop IPA, a fresh hop beer that was first brewed in 2014 with then-owner of Elysian Brewing, Dick Cantwell. While it takes the Cloudburst team over two hours to get to Bale Breaker, the hundreds of pounds of wet Citra? hops picked fresh from the fields travel just four minutes from farm to kettle. Heavily dry-hopped, while light in color and body, this beer is all about these fresh, farm-grown hops!
Harvest hours: from September 2nd - October 5th, Bale Breaker will be open 12pm - 9pm, Monday - Saturday & 12pm - 6pm on Sundays! balebreaker.com
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