IPA - Hazy or JuicyNorthwest Beer GuideOregon, Eugene, Mid September, Coleman AgricultureComment

Oakshire Hop Harvest

IPA - Hazy or JuicyNorthwest Beer GuideOregon, Eugene, Mid September, Coleman AgricultureComment
Oakshire Hop Harvest

Hazy India Pale Ale

image courtesy the brewery

Release Date: Mid September

Hop Harvest 2023 features fresh Strata hops from our friends at Coleman Agriculture and Indie Hops. It pours bright orange with notes of fresh strawberries, citrus, passionfruit, and dank herb.

Malt: Proprietary

Fresh Hops: Strata from Coleman Agriculture, Indie Hops

Non-Fresh Hops: Proprietary

ABV: 6.5%

IBU: -

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About Indie Hops Flavor Project

In 2008, the hop industry didn’t give much thought to craft breweries. Global brewing companies dominated beer markets, and even craft breweries were largely fueled by hop scraps that fell from global brewery selection tables.

We were in Oregon, and craft breweries had already become important to most communities here. It felt like a cultural movement, and state by state protectionist laws were faltering under the will of the people. Craft would spread, we believed, and they’d need their own hops.

Roger majored in law at UT in Austin, with a minor in Shiner Bock. Jim majored in Anchor Steam at Stanford, with a minor in Economics. In the ’70s, we were snot-nosed kids in Corvallis, Oregon sneaking into Oregon State events and running from the campus police. Was it possible that we could supply Oregon hops to the craft beer industry, and maybe even get OSU involved? We had the combined experience and resources to give it a go, so we did.

We took three major steps in the very beginning:

  • We struck an agreement with OSU where we funded a hop breeding and research effort that would feed new genetic material into our own hop development program.

  • We also built Oregon’s first hop pellet mill, engineered for the craft market.

  • We established relationships with two outstanding Oregon hop growers.

And so we set out to be hop suppliers to craft breweries.

Breweries who source their hops from Northwest Hops Farms include…

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About Coleman AG

In the spring of 1847, James and Frances Coleman and their infant daughter, Anna, left Iowa for good as they ventured westward on the Oregon Trail in search of opportunity.

Guided by grit, determination, and an unwavering sense of purpose, the Coleman family weathered the journey and made it to the western edge of the Oregon territory. The Coleman family was one of the first to settle at the St. Paul Mission and it wasn’t long before these pioneers put the plow to earth and began building their legacy.

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