tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post2621131893977319580..comments2023-11-02T07:13:53.064-07:00Comments on Beervana: All the Fresh HopsJeff Alworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-60855569585415714872015-10-12T17:04:55.741-07:002015-10-12T17:04:55.741-07:00Not all sentences are clear, and I don't want ...Not all sentences are clear, and I don't want to keep arguing a hypothetical about what I meant. I <i>know</i> what I meant and you'll find absolutely no similar comment from me anywhere else (but many that echo the intent of the sentence).<br /><br />I am interested to find earlier references, and did search quite a bit for them in writing the Beer Bible. When I google the phrase you Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-43245246412812243322015-10-12T16:19:37.956-07:002015-10-12T16:19:37.956-07:00"They travel no more than a couple of hours f..."They travel no more than a couple of hours from Oregon's Willamette Valley and arrive at breweries fresh and full of life. The beers they make can be spectacular, singular things found nowhere else in the world. "<br /><br />The implication is clearly that green hop beers are found nowhere else in the world other than within a few hours of the Willamette valley. I'll say it acnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-65893561053053405772015-10-12T07:48:38.952-07:002015-10-12T07:48:38.952-07:00That sentence may not have been clear, but I was r...That sentence may not have been clear, but I was referring to ALL fresh hop beers, not just those here. <br /><br />As for your belief that brewers in times past certainly made fresh hop beers, recognize that it is just that: belief. There's not a single word that I know of to justify it. "Nonsense" is a strong word, and if you toss it around, you'd better have some actual data Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-89578726663545971402015-10-11T10:20:38.983-07:002015-10-11T10:20:38.983-07:00" The beers they make can be spectacular, sin..." The beers they make can be spectacular, singular things found nowhere else in the world."<br /><br />Come off it Jeff, even as you write that you must know it's nonsense. Every hopgrowing region in the world must have done green hop beers at some point, just imagine the business plan for building the first ever oasthouse - "We already know green hop beer is great, we want topphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02205641693912545833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-70354420309444693762014-10-04T19:36:53.652-07:002014-10-04T19:36:53.652-07:00I tried 13 fresh/wet hop beers in Seattle at an ev...I tried 13 fresh/wet hop beers in Seattle at an event last night and another two today. There were a lot of bland beers being pored, one dialectal bomb, and one full of esters. I had 4-6 that I'd order again and half were from Oregon. The standouts were from Gigantic, Breakside, Fremont, and NW Peaks. I'm honestly surprised by the mediocre to poor quality of many of these beers but I Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-33822637122544978402014-10-04T15:54:39.007-07:002014-10-04T15:54:39.007-07:00Jeff, could you give a brief précis of the differe...Jeff, could you give a brief précis of the difference between fresh hops, wet hops, and wild hops? I though fresh hops were kilned but simply not stored before use. Wet hops are not dried at all. Wild hops are the true Mexicanus typ, or stray recurring growth of old cultivars in fields or around properties where hops were once cultivated. Would you agree with this, or are there other types outGary Gillmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-60377561162624919882014-10-04T10:21:15.455-07:002014-10-04T10:21:15.455-07:00This is not my favorite style, but I've tasted...This is not my favorite style, but I've tasted a lot of good-to-great fresh hop beers this year, more than ever before. I suspect brewers are getting better at emphasizing the best aspects of fresh hops. Pete Dunlophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456380762400522665noreply@blogger.com