Tag: Steve Dresler

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  Styles Features

  The Fresh Flavors of Wet Hop Ales

  Examining the Mysteries of an Annual Harvest November 14, 2014 - Heather Vandenengel

  For America’s brewers, the hop harvest is like Christmas. From about mid-August until the end of September, hops—the female cones of the plant Humulus lupulus that contribute to a beer’s aroma, flavor and bitterness—are picked, dried and baled or made into pellets and safely stored for breweries to use in the following months and years.... View Article

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  The Origins of Wet Hop Beers in America

  September 15, 2014 - Heather Vandenengel

  Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from a feature story on wet hop beers, which are harvest beers brewed with unkilned hops that have to be shipped to the brewhouse in less than 24-48 hours. Read the whole story. The origins of one of the earliest, and most influential, wet hop beers in America took place... View Article