Rob Lutz’ beer career began as a keg washer at Amnesia Brewing, the North Portland brewery that opened in May of 2003 on Mississippi Avenue. Amnesia moved to Washougal, Washington, then folded. Lutz went in the opposite direction. In late 2014, he and Dan Malech opened StormBreaker Brewing in Amnesia’s former spot. Their creative beer lineup earned awards. The duo opened a second spot in Portland’s St. John neighborhood, as well as expanded their Mississippi location, adding an axe-throwing platform. Since it’s a cold, rainy autumn Friday and still fresh hop season, Peaks & Pints presents a flight of StormBreaker fresh hop beer — a flight we’re calling Peaks and Pints Fresh Hop Friday: StormBreaker.

Peaks and Pints Fresh Hop Friday: StormBreaker

Stormbreaker Fresh Hop Nobody Puts Hazy In the Corner

6% ABV

Fresh Citra and Mosaic hops dancing together to create StormBreaker’s latest hazy juice bomb

Stormbreaker Fresh Hop Oregon IPA

6.4% ABV

StormBreaker brewed with IPA in celebration of their home state, Oregon. Citra, Mosaic and Simcoe hops provide tropical aromas and flavors, with notes of pine that remind you of favorite trails, rambling rivers, and all adventures in and around Oregon.

StormBreaker Set Freshies To Haze

6.5% ABV

This fresh hop hazy IPA is brewed with fresh Citra, Mosaic and Strata hops for aromas of passionfruit and mango with flavors of grapefruit, tropical fruit, and hints of strawberry, to boldly go where no fresh hop beer has gone before.

StormBreaker Fresh Hop Eagle Fang

6.8% ABV

StormBreaker’s Fresh Hop Eagle Fang is a fresh hop West Coast IPA with fresh and piney notes up front and a surprising hint of stone fruit through the finish.

StormBreaker Handfuls of Fresh Hops

7% ABV

Handful of Hops IPA was originally brewed in tribute to Nick, a StormBreaker regular, the dad of a brewery extended family member. StormBreaker converted this favorite recipe into a fresh hop. Nelson Sauvin, Idaho 7, Citra, and Kohatu hops provide aromas of citrus, tropical fruit and flavors of stone fruit, with hints of lime and pineapple. Cheers to Nick!

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