Comet – Fresh Hop IPA

We took part in trialing a new product from Crosby Hop Farm in Oregon. They’ve been working on applying the “Cryo” method, or the cryogenic concentration of lupulin and removal of vegetal matter, on freshly harvested unkilned hops. This method could improve shelf life and shipping costs of the hops themselves, two big barriers to brewing these types of beers. We used their estate grown Comet hop strain in the kettle and dry hop. The resulting beer is very low in bitterness with some expected earthy fresh hop characteristics combined with a watermelon like fruitiness.