E-Malt.com News article: USA, OR: Full Sail Brewing celebrates the Hop Harvest with the release of Hopfenfrisch Pilsner

This year, Full Sail Brewing celebrates the season’s first hops with Hopfenfrisch, a Pilsner style lager, showcasing the Perle hop variety, the company announced on September, 25.

"This beer highlights the brewer’s art as well as nature’s gift,” said Full Sail Executive Brewmaster, Jamie Emmerson.

“As brewers we are always reliant on nature’s bounty, from the quality of the barley harvest to how the hops weathered through the Oregon summer. But no moment brings this relationship to sharper focus than our fresh hop beers. When we brew with fresh hops, timing is everything,” added Emmerson. “There’s such a small window of time to take advantage of these fresh hops. We need to get them into the brew kettle within hours of picking while their oils and resins are still at their peak. It takes five to seven times more hops to brew a fresh hop beer, but it’s absolutely worth it. There are distinct flavors and aromas that you can only get brewing with fresh hops.”

Full Sail’s Hopfenfrisch is part of Full Sail’s Brewmaster Reserve series. It will be available in limited quantities September to November on draught in pubs throughout the Pacific Northwest and at Full Sail’s Tasting Room and Pub in Hood River and at their Riverplace brewery in Portland, Oregon. They will also be available at various fresh hop beer festivals throughout the Pacific Northwest.


26 September, 2012