India Pale AleNorthwest Beer GuideWashington, Yakima, Seattle, Mid September, Simcoe, B.T. Loftus RanchesComment

Bale Breaker Homegrown Fresh Hop IPA

India Pale AleNorthwest Beer GuideWashington, Yakima, Seattle, Mid September, Simcoe, B.T. Loftus RanchesComment
Bale Breaker Homegrown Fresh Hop IPA

Fresh Hop India Pale Ale

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Release Date: Mid September

Here in Moxee, WA, September means harvest: coordinating with the barley maltster as the fruity, herbal smells of fresh hops being cut and kilned waft in our windows. Now in our 4th year as barley farmers and 91 years after the first hops were planted on our family farm, we're proud to share with our this Homegrown IPA featuring homegrown hops and barley. Balanced and smooth with notes of grapefruit, pine, apricot, berry, and resin.

Malt: Homegrown Pale Malt, Dextrapils

Fresh Hops: Simcoe® from Loftus Farms

Non-Fresh Hops: Simcoe®, Mosaic®, HBC 630

ABV: 6.0%

IBU: -

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B.T. Loftus Ranches

About B.T. Loftus Ranches

Established in 1932, B.T. Loftus Ranches Inc. is one of the Yakima Valley’s longest running hop farms. In 1920, the Loftus family moved to Moxee in pursuit of work on the railroad and began farming a variety of crops and livestock. Twelve years later, B.T. and Leota Loftus established the family’s first nine-acre hop field. Today, Loftus Ranches is owned and operated by third and fourth generation hop farmers, Mike and Patrick Smith.

Loftus Ranches is one of the largest growers for the craft beer industry, valuing quality, sustainability and innovation. They are dedicated to their craft and look forward to growing varieties that meet the needs of brewers for many years to come.

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