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October 21, 2009

Fresh Hop Ales

Interesting piece in Wednesday's New York Times about fresh hop ales.

The writer Lucy Burningham quotes brewer Phil Markowski saying that these beers are like homegrown tomatoes or fresh corn, they don't hold up, but instead are pleasures of the moment.

I have enjoyed some good fresh hop ales, in particular ones from Sierra Nevada.

However, I believe one of their fresh hop ales comes from New Zealand.

That is a long way from "homegrown."

Do you agree or am I being too picky?.

Do the hops have to come from a field near the brewery to really be fresh?

Once they get on a plane, are they disqualified?

What are some of your favorite fresh hoppers?

Photo of hops vines near Farmers' Museum in Cooperstown . N Y.: The Batlimore Sun

Posted by Rob Kasper at 9:27 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

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The Sierra Nevada "Estate" ("Brewers Harvest Ale") claims to use 100% all-natural, hops and barley grown on-site at the brewery in Chico, CA.

See here for more:.
http://www.sierranevada.com/beers/harvest_estate.html
YES , BRAD, BUT THEIR SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE FRSH HOP IS FROM NEW ZEALAND. RIGHT ? , ROB

Posted by: Brad | October 21, 2009 11:39 AM

The Southern Hemisphere is from New Zealand. I think that Estate has a cleaner smoother taste to it.

Posted by: Jason | October 22, 2009 2:30 PM

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About Rob Kasper

Rob Kasper, a features columnist, has been writing about beer for 20 years, and he remembers when Anchor Christmas and Noche Buena were about the only beers at a holiday tasting and Sisson’s was the only brewpub in Baltimore. A collection of his columns, "Raising Kids and Tomatoes, Amusing Tales and Appetizing Recipes," was published in 1998. He lives with his wife, Judith, a professor at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, in a downtown Baltimore rowhouse. They have two grown sons, who come home from time to time and drink their father’s beer.
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