WashingtonNorthwest Beer GuideAugust 13, 2021B.T. Loftus RanchesComment

B.T. Loftus Ranches

WashingtonNorthwest Beer GuideAugust 13, 2021B.T. Loftus RanchesComment

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.

Breweries who source their hops from B.T. Loftus Ranches include…

2019's Fresh Hop Beer Guide

Bale Breaker Piled High Imperial Fresh Hop Ale

Bale Breaker Citra Slicker Wet Hop IPA

2020’s Fresh Hop Beer Guide

None listed due to the Coronavirus Global Pandemic

2021's Fresh Hop Beer Guide

Bale Breaker Citra Slicker (collaboration with Cloudburst)

Bale Breaker Homegrown Beer No. 8

2022's Fresh Hop Beer Guide

Bale Breaker Homegrown IPA

Here in Moxee, Washington, 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 third season as barley farmers and 90 years after the first hops were planted on our family farm, we're proud to share with you this Homegrown IPA featuring our homegrown hops and barley. Notes of ripe lemon, grapefruit, blueberry, pine resin, and fresh-cut grass.

Ingredients: Homegrown Pilsner, Pale, and Dextrine malts; fresh Simcoe hops from Loftus Ranches, and kilned Simcoe, Mosaic, Citra hops.

6.50% ABV | 65 IBU

Bale Breaker Citra Slicker

"This award-winning fresh hop collaboration beer is brewed every year with the big city brewers at Cloudburst Brewing Company. Heavily dry-hopped, while light in color and body, this beer is all about these fresh, farm-grown Citra® hops!"

Ingredients: 2-Row, Munich, C-10, White Wheat malts, fresh hop Citra from Loftus Ranches, and kilned Mosaic, Citra, Loral hops.

6.2% ABV | 60 IBU

2023's Fresh Hop Beer Guide