Lets take a trip down memory lane quick.
Hop Harvest 07
old Knucklehead
Stumptown Tart
Hop Czar
I think it is safe to say that the launch of this new series has been a success! A success that will continue to bring fun new labels, flavors and entertainment to all those beer lovers out there.
Hop Harvest 08, an amped up version of BridgPort's Blue Heron, is a double hopped imperial style ale made from fresh cone Centennial Hops.
For those of you, like me, who know more about drinking beer than brewing it...you will relate to this lingo...for those of you beer experts, well my apologies.
Basically what happened yesterday was this...The brewers come up with this mashed up liquid...its uber hot and is put together in the morning...then they drove out to B & C Farms in Woodburn, Ore., picked 250 pounds of fresh cone Centennial hops, brought them back to the brewery and within two hours they were added to this hot liquid.
Then Karl, the brewmaster, and his team used the "hop masher stick" (yes totally a technical term) to mix in all the hops and squeeze out their fresh juices and aromas...the way Karl explained it to me "its basically like a big tea bag."
The hops steep for a while and then the brew continues along its way into whatever tubes it goes through that will cause it to end up in those awesome big bottles on September 11th and 12th.
I can't wait to taste the new Hop Harvest!
Hop Harvest Celebration will be held at Bridgeport brewpub + bakery on Friday, September 12 from 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. Come sample the new brew and enjoy some fantastic tunes by non other than the brewmaster himself, Karl, accompanied by his bluegrass band - BridgePort Reunion Band!
Yesterday's brewing event was also featured on Oregonlive.com's "The Beer Here"
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