Mark the calendar: October 15th through 17th, join us in West Seattle for a three-day fresh hop beer festival
The Freshest Fresh Hop Fest in the West. West Seattle, That Is
The Washington Beer Blog is once again teaming up with Beveridge Place Pub to provide beer lovers with an opportunity to sample a variety of fresh hop beers side by side and experience a broad range of fresh hop flavors. The wettest fresh hop fest, or the freshest wet hop fest. You decide, but whatever you call it, it’s gonna be fabulous.
The final list of breweries and beers is still coming together for the Fresh Hop Festival at Beveridge Place Pub (Thursday – Saturday). We know for certain that Thursday and Friday will offer hop lovers a selection of something like 24 fresh-hop beers (or more), available in full pours or on self-designed taster trays. Saturday is the main event, with something like 40 beers available festival-style: commemorative taster glass, taster-sized pours, you know the drill.
Gary the Publican and I got together to brainstorm and create a wish list. A dream team. Call it an invitational fresh hop fest. The lineup will include select breweries that we believe either have or will excel at making beers of this style. While this year’s exact lineup is still coming together, you can see last year’s brewery lineup here. It’ll get your mouth watering with antici……pation.
Basic Details:
- A three-day celebration of fresh hop beer crescendos with a full-on fresh hop beer festival on Saturday
- Thursday, October 15th, 3-11 p.m. (taster trays, full pours, something like 24 freshies on tap)
- Friday, October 16th, 3-11 p.m. (ditto)
- Saturday, October 17th, 1-7 p.m. (fest-style, something like 40 freshies on tap)
- Saturday: Tunes spun by DJ ABV, 2-5 p.m.
- Beveridge Place Pub, 6413 California Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98136
- 21+ only
Here is a taste of what to expect.
- Enjoy beers from fresh-hop rockstars like Bale Breaker Brewing, Cloudburst Brewing, Single Hill Brewing, Stoup Brewing, and Varietal Beer.
- Beers from breweries recognized for their exceptional hop prowess, like Breakside Brewing and Grains of Wrath Brewing, two of the most highly decorated producers of IPA in the nation.
- Many other breweries on our all-star roster.
By its nature, fresh hop beer is an ephemeral, time-bound style of beer. We will share more details as they reveal themselves. Hell, they haven’t even started harvesting in the Yakima Valley yet. But that doesn’t mean you cannot write this one in on your calendar.
Check out the Washington Beer Blog’s events page for more beer-related events around Washington.
