Great Divide Brewing Co: Fresh Hop Pale Ale

Great Divide Brewing Co.'s second offering for the night was their Limited Edition Fresh Hop Pale Ale. Sold in a 22oz bottle, there's plenty to enjoy.

What makes each bottle special is the hopping part of the brewing process that it went through to get to your home. From the site:

The September hop harvest is a once-a-year opportunity to brew with fresh hops, also called “wet hops.” Given the perishable nature of just-harvested hop cones, they are shipped overnight to Great Divide shortly after harvest. The morning of the scheduled hop delivery in Denver, Great Divide’s brewers begin brewing Fresh Hop and are ready to hop the beer just as the fresh hops are delivered.

This is a rare process indeed offering a rare product for your consumption.

First off, you’ll note tones of apricot in the aroma. Mmmmm, apricot.

On the medium-to-high end of the scale in hoppiness at 55 IBU, there is no malty middle as in the DPA. You’ll enjoy hoppy goodness through and through. Much snap.

If you come across it at the store, grab it while you can. It is a limited release due to the hopping method and the supply won’t last forever. Even if you’re not a hop-disciple, you need to enjoy this for the sake of posterity.

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