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Thursday, May 15, 2008
Chappys Southern Hemisphere Harvest Night
Chappys Tap Room will be featuring a special draught-Sierra Nevada Southern Hemisphere Harvest Fresh Hop Ale on Wednesday, May 21. Get there anytime after 5:30 p.m. to purchase a pint and see if you can win some Sierra swag that will be raffled off. The Southern Hemisphere Harvest features fresh Pacific Hallertau, New Zealand Motueka and New Zealand Southern Cross whole-cone hops, all from New Zealand.
Here is the description Sierra Nevada offers up: “Like our Celebration Ale, the fresh hops in this beer are dried right after being picked then shipped immediately to Chico (California) for brewing so that they retain their peak aromatics and flavors. To ensure the freshest hops possible, we went to the added expense of flying these hops from New Zealand to Chico so we could brew with them the week after they were picked.”
Sierra’s founder Ken Grossman writes, “Our latest hop experience is a trilogy of fresh hop ales representing our journey following the hop harvest around the globe. Simply said, we were in search of a way to expand our offering of fresh hop ales throughout the year rather than limiting it to just the fall season. So we scouted the planet exploring new regions to source fresh hops and also explored ways to maximize the oily, resinous qualities of the hops from each harvest as we transported them to our brewery in Chico, California.”
Tasting Notes: Big spicy-floral fresh-hop aroma, robust malt bill layered with a spicy hop notes and citrus undertones.
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