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Coleman Agriculture invites both brewery and imbibers to learn more about fresh hop season!

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Coleman Agriculture invites both brewery and imbibers to learn more about fresh hop season!

Press Release

(August 1, 2023)—ST. PAUL, Ore. – Craft brewing has experienced many shake-ups this year, but one highlight continues to be the excitement surrounding hop harvest and fresh-hopped beers.

“Brewers and their customers seek the local connection to where their ingredients are sourced from, which is why fresh hop beers are growing in popularity among the craft brewing community,” says Ben Coleman, co-owner of Coleman Agriculture. “We’ve been welcoming brewers to our farms for the past nine years to pick up fresh hops.”

Coleman Agriculture is Oregon’s largest hop grower and is managed by multiple generations of the Coleman family. Hop growers invest big budgets in hop dryers to preserve and ship hops to breweries across the country, Coleman Agriculture is simultaneously seeing rising demand from area breweries for fresh hops picked straight from the bine. With four different hop farms and harvest locations across the Willamette Valley, brewers have access to 16 varieties of locally grown, high-quality Coleman hops. At times, different Coleman farms might be picking different varieties, so brewers have the unique opportunity to potentially pick up different hop varieties on the same day.

How Fresh Hop Brewing Works:

  • Fresh hop harvest typically takes place in the cool mornings when hop bines, which average 18 feet in height, are cut down from the fields and placed on a truck bed.

  • A picking machine strips the hop cones from the bine and stems (the cones are what are used in the brewing process).

  • Brewers come directly to the farm and fill up cloth bags with fresh, un-kilned hop cones, which are then taken directly back to the brewery and used within 24 hours.

  • Beers crafted with fresh hops are featured at numerous area festivals beginning in mid-September.

Notable brewers using Coleman Agriculture fresh hops this year include:
Barrel Mountain Brewing (WA), Baerlic Brewing (OR), Bent Shovel Brewing (OR), Breakside Brewing (OR), Cloudburst (WA),  ColdFire Brewing (OR), Deschutes Brewery (OR), Ferment Brewing (WA), Fort George Brewery (OR), Grains of Wrath Brewery (WA), Laurelwood Brewing (OR), Living Haus Beer Company (OR), Oakshire Brewing (OR), Parallel 45 Brewing (OR), Threshold Brewing (OR), Trap Door Brewing (WA), Ruse Brewing (OR), Steeplejack (OR), Stormbreaker Brewing (OR), Sunriver Brewing (OR) among others.

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About Coleman Agriculture

Guided by the grit and determination of previous generations, Coleman Agriculture has expanded across much of the Willamette Valley. Cultivating more than 6,000 acres of farmland, Coleman Agriculture takes pride in growing high-quality hops, hazelnuts, seed crops and vegetables. Over the past 170 years, the crops and farming methods have changed, but the innovative spirit and work ethic of their ancestors remain deeply ingrained in the farming business. By producing the highest quality products in a responsible and sustainable manner, they remain true to their heritage.  Learn more about Coleman Agriculture at www.colemanag.com.

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Oregon State University's College of Agricultural Sciences, Coleman Agriculture, and Red Hill Soils announces the findings of the first-ever "Hops Terroir Research Study"

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Oregon State University's College of Agricultural Sciences, Coleman Agriculture, and Red Hill Soils announces the findings of the first-ever "Hops Terroir Research Study"
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Supporting their local "Brewshed" and in cooperation with Coleman Agriculture and Yakima Chief Hops, Oregon breweries release a unique beer supporting expanded water protections.

Right now, we have a once-in-a-lifetime conservation opportunity to secure the largest expansion of river protections in Oregon history. This effort would protect watersheds, critical fish and wildlife habitat, carbon-storing forests, and world-class recreation opportunities – not to mention the #1 ingredient in every single beer! So Oregon’s brewing community is stepping up to show their support for this historic campaign by releasing a special Wild & Scenic Earth Day Collaboration Series during Earth Week!

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Supporting their local "Brewshed" and in cooperation with Coleman Agriculture and Yakima Chief Hops, Oregon breweries release a unique beer supporting expanded water protections.
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Gigantic Brewing is releasing four unique fresh-hopped beers throughout September.

There is no “right” way to make fresh hop beers, but our method relies upon our brew house which we specifically designed to use whole hop flowers. As a result, our fresh hop beers are made with hops at the peak of their ripeness, with less than 1 1/4 hours passing from the field to the brewery.  These fresh beauties go straight into our hop back - 200 to 300 lbs for 15 barrels of beer - where the hot wort extracts all of their delicate, delicious oils.  There are faster ways to release a fresh hop beer, but we think this method, and the subsequent wait, results in the best fresh hop beers we can make.  We hope you’ll agree.

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Gigantic Brewing is releasing four unique fresh-hopped beers throughout September.
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Ecliptic Brewing releasing two fresh-hopped beers, an Italian Pilsner and an IPA.

Says John Harris, Ecliptic’s Owner and Brewmaster,” This is the best time of year. We love brewing with fresh hops and are so lucky to have hop fields less than an hour away from us.”

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Ecliptic Brewing releasing two fresh-hopped beers, an Italian Pilsner and an IPA.
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Breweries and hop growers from Oregon collaborate with Oregon Brewshed to benefit a cleaner earth.

Right now, we have a huge opportunity to secure the largest expansion of river protections in Oregon history. This effort would protect watersheds, critical fish and wildlife habitat, carbon-storing forests, and world-class recreation opportunities – not to mention the #1 ingredient in every single beer! So Oregon’s brewing community is stepping up to show their support for this historic ...

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Breweries and hop growers from Oregon collaborate with Oregon Brewshed to benefit a cleaner earth.