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Let’s jump right into the good news: while it wasn’t a great hop growing and harvesting season over the last 6 weeks or so, the District itself has produced a wet hopped beer for the first time since 2018. Step right up, Right Proper, with Sunbeam WHIP, Wet Hopped Italian Pilsner!
An Italian-style Pilsner is made much like a German-style one, albeit with a dry-hop addition of continental hops. As it so happens, Right Proper Director of Brewing Operations Barrett Lauer has been growing Sunbeam hops, a progeny of Saaz, in his backyard for over 20 years now, and this year’s harvest was enough for this beer. “I’ve had pretty good luck with growing hops in MD except one year some squirrels decided they really liked the immature cones. I have a drip system that keeps them hydrated during the hot and dry spells,” notes Lauer. “The hops were picked late Sunday afternoon and used to dry hop Monday morning. We used Hallertauer Hersbrucker in the boil.” Savvy readers may have had these hops befo … |
Source: DC Beer
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