It begins a couple weeks after you stop wearing white pants as the summer heat begins to ebb. There’s no official start date to the fresh hop season, which depends on the hop harvest. This year, he first of the fresh-hop beers came trickling in the first week of September, but soon there was a steady flow, and then, by the first of October, a flood from breweries released their fresh hop beers. Made from fresh-plucked, undried hops rushed straight from the field to the brewery, skipping the drying process they would usually undergo to preserve them. Fresh hops contain a lot more moisture than dried ones, and all that goes directly into the brew kettle and ultimately gives us a beer that’s more fragrant, potent, and lip-smackingly fresh. Peaks & Pints unleashes more tapped fresh hop beers for this week’s Fresh Hop Friday — five of which are on today’s flight, Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Fresh Hop Friday 10.11.24.

Peaks and Pints Beer Flight: Fresh Hop Friday 10.11.24

Ladd & Lass 2024 Fresh Hop Mosaic

5.5% ABV

Brewed with 200 pounds of fresh Mosaic hops from Perrault Farms in Toppenish, Wash., Ladd & Lass Brewing‘s 2024 Fresh Hop Mosaic Pale Ale features citrusy, tropical notes with an accent of earthy undertones.

Brothers Cascadia Amarillo Slim Fresh Hop IPA

6% ABV

Brothers Cascadia Brewing’s Amarillo Slim Fresh Hop IPA bursts with fresh Amarillo hops from Crosby Hops for deep, dank, and tropical citrus notes

Fort George Krush Architect

6.66% ABV

The sorcerers of madness that are Fort George Brewery and Ghost Town Brewing met at the Astoria brewery to renew their profane bond of friendship forged over the fires of their irreverent love of fresh hops and Black Sabbath to create Krush Architect, a crisp, aromatic IPA with fresh Krush hops, straight from Perrault Farms.

Georgetown Fresh Hop Dalton

6.8% ABV

When starting to brew experimental beers, all you must do is follow three simple rules. One, never underestimate your hopping schedule. Expect the unexpected. Two, trying different techniques is absolutely necessary. And three, be nice. Georgetown Brewing‘s Dalton is their Bodhizafa’s close cousin, with the same ingredients, like Columbus, Citra, Mosaic and Chinook hops, but with a Road House roundhouse kick, if you know what we mean. The fresh hop version is brewed with fresh Mosaic hops from Tributary Hop Farms for more raw hop nectar character.

Fort George Fields of Green (Fresh Hop Citra 2024)

7.6% ABV

“We make Fields of Green when we feel like it and every batch is different,” states Fort George Brewery. “That way it’s always FRESH. But it’s never as FRESH as this year’s FRESH HOP Fields of Green. We managed to get our hands on a sizable quantity of Fresh Citra Hops from Loftus Ranches in Yakima and because of our vast IPA experience, we know exactly what to do with it. While the days grow shorter, the sky comes down lower, and the verdant hillsides of Astoria fade and fade to yellow and red, you can step out into these perfectly lush Fields of Green any time.” This fresh hop hazy IPA is creamy with grassy dank notes.

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