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check out the cbc website about yesterday's beer column on on the coast! Check out these fresh picks for  fresh-hopped beer Beer columnist Rececca Whyman says now is the time to try B.C.'s  fresh-hopped brews CBC News   Posted: Oct 11, 2016 4:32 PM PT  Last Updated: Oct 11, 2016 4:32 PM PT On The Coast beer columnist Rebecca Whyman says most hops will be dried into pellets for use throughout the year but some will go straight into beers made in the fall. (B.C. Hops Company) Facebook Twitter Reddit Google Share Email Related Stories OTC beer and wine Prost! Oktoberfest events to check out on the Lower Mainland Summer season ending, but beer festival season just getting started Fall in B.C. usually brings wet weather with it and for beer lovers, it also brings "wet hopping,"  On The Coast  beer columnist Rebecca Whyman says. Wet hopping, ...

Green Reaper Returns! October 5th, 2015: It's hop harvest season and Green Reaper, our annual fresh-hop IPA, is back!  This year's Reaper uses Vancouver Island barley malted right here at our malting facility!  We are so excited to be able to partner with local farmers to use island-grown grain in our brews, that we've updated our name to Phillips Brewing & Malting Co! On the hop side of things Green Reaper is packed with fresh centennial hops which were shipped straight from Sartori Farm in Chilliwack and into our brew kettle. Grapefruit aroma and flavours are underpinned with slight floral hints.  This IPA remains subtly sweet, featuring a vibrancy and delicacy that can only come from full-cone, never-dried hops. Harvest your bottle at private craft-focused liquor store...

so, did you get your driftwood brewing sartori harvest ipa yet? if not, you're probably outta luck finding a bottle in vancouver the brewery in victoria is offering growler fills and there will be more casks about town (vancouver, victoria, chilliwack) i got my bottles at viti (vancouver) i tried to be greedy and get some more at liberty on the drive, but they were out of their 15 cases already i have tried two casks so far: monday night at st. augustine's (that was not very good) and tuesday night at the railway club (that was down-right ambrosia) i have only had a wee sample from the bottle - and it was so delicious i am on a quest to find more bottles!

if you missed me talking about fresh-hopped beers with stephen quinn last week on cbc radio's on the coast, fear not!  you can still have a listen follow the link, and if you just want to listen to me, fast-forward to the 2:17 mark and if you missed getting your driftwood sartori harvest ipa yesterday, get out there right now, there may still be some left, but it won't last for long!

my notes from last evening's beer column with stephen quinn on the coast: It's the most wonderful time of the year for hop-heads! It's hop harvest time, and to beer geeks that can mean only one thing: fresh-hopped beers.  Fresh-hopping, also referred to as wet-hopping, is the process of using fresh hops to bitter the beer. Hops are ready for harvest at the end of August or the beginning of September in this part of the world. Growers know they are ready when the cone is plump and the lupulin is at a maximum. If you look at a hop flower, the lupulin is the yellow stuff between the green bits. This is where the oils come from that impart the bitterness and flavour to beer. Despite looking hardy, hops are actually quite delicate. They don't survive long after being cut. To preserve the oils and resins they need to be dried right away. . Most of the hops harvested are dried right after picking and then frozen, or ground into pellets. These are then sold to b...

great news!! stephen quinn will be hosting the bc craft beer awards on october 19th! and i'll be on the radio talking about fresh-hopped beers with him at 5:50 this afternoon 88.1 fm

bc craft beer month is in full swing! the belle of the ball so far is driftwood's sartori harvest ale, a fresh-hopped ipa sold out of stores the same day it arrived in them it is the star of several cask nights around vancouver and one beer-pairing dinner st. augustine's had a cask of the elusive sartori that sold out in 24 minutes that was monday tuesday there was a cask at the cascade room thursday there was a cask at the alibi room neither of those casks beat the 24 minute record, but neither lasted very long either missed out on the sartori both in the bottle and on cask? well, you've got three more opportunities that i am aware of to get yourself some: if you're a camra member and you have a ticket for the now sold out harvest fest / bc beer awards at chapel arts on saturday the 13th, you can have some of the members only cask that will be available there the whip has a cask of sartori on sunday the 14th tapping at 4, i expect this one will be gon...

the cask last night at the railway club was central city's pumpkin ale it was quite a nice pumpkin ale is it too early in the season to be over the pumpkin? and speaking of the lovely railway club, if you ever frequented that joint you would have been served by the fabulous natasha well, she has retired from slinging beer at the railway and there's a party in her honour on sunday at 5 come out and hoist a glass to this wonderful woman bc beer blog reports that a few victoria beers are ready for release including hoyne's wolf vine ipa and driftwood's sartori harvest ipa, both wet-hopped a couple of pieces of gossip as well: there will be a new beer and vodka distributor in town official announcement coming shortly, but i can tell you oregon beers will be featured this bit of news is unsubstantiated... steamworks is opening a new brewery i would assume to brew their bottled beers and restaurant beers currently being brewed off-site makes sense to me ...

flavours of the season from deschutes: BLACK BUTTE XXIV Our 24th Anniversary Release is back in black with a couple of new additions this year including fresh Daglet dates and Mission figs. You'll still get flavors of dark chocolate and Bourbon roasty goodness but after one sip...you'll be hooked. Grab a few bottles for aging and one for now! Cheers to 24 years of Deschutes beers! RESERVE SERIES 11.0% ABV | 55 IBU's Availability: Now in 22-oz bottles and draft in limited quantities     THE DISSIDENT Pucker up, sour fans...it's time for the return of our favorite Flanders-style brown ale. As our only bottled wild yeast beer, we use fresh tart pie cherries from Oregon and Brettanomyces to give this beer unique flavors and aromas that will have you singing, "Wild Thing" by The Troggs. Snag a bottle while they last and savor the sour! RESERVE SERIES ~10.5% ABV | ~30 IBU's Availability: Very limited in 22-oz bottles beg...

from rogue brewery: "One Ton of Hops INDEPENDENCE, OR, September 1, 2010 -- Rogue Ales has begun our annual harvest of GYO Certified hops from the Rogue Farms Micro Hopyard in Oregon's Wigrich Appellation. We honor our cultivation, growth, and harvest by using 5 different varieties and 2,200lbs of fresh hops from our 42-acre farm to create this year's Chatoe Rogue Wet Hop Ale. Like any farmer sowing seed in soil, the success of our hops lies a great deal in the hands of Mother Nature. Master Brewer John Maier had planned to add a sixth variety to the brew, but our Alluvial Hops did not produce this year. After being cut from the trellises, the hop cones are separated and loaded into 250lb burlap sacks, driven 77 miles to the Brewery in Newport, OR, and immediately pitched into the brew kettle. Total elapse time: approximately 2 hours, 17 minutes. Due to the massive quantity of wet hops used in the brewing process we create three small batches, and then blend the...