Single hop is back…
according to Jason Goeltz of Bitter Root Brewing:
Thought you’d all like…er love, to know that the Single Hop is now on tap!!
2009 Single Hop: 6.36% (ABV); An unfiltered Pale Ale brewed and dry hopped with Summit Hops, a new variety imparting orange and tangerine flavors and aromas….
See you all soon!
Jason Goeltz
General Manager, Bitter Root Brewing
Oh, yeah. Love me some summit hops. Last year’s single hop was brewed with Ahtanum hops, and you can read all about it here.
Prost,
GG
Hi Tim-
Why are the beers you discuss called “craft” beer? Isn’t that like “green” building. Making products the way they should be created. Is it a marketing gimmick to separate these brews from Coors. Wasn’t Coors at one time considered a “craft” beer?
Josh,
Craft beer generally refers to beer that is not mass produced and that is still alive when it reaches the store, i.e., not pasteurized. If you fit this criteria, you’re likely a craft brewer. There are other designations like microbrewery that don’t fit a lot of breweries that still fit the craft brewery designation, but that’s another matter. As far as marketing goes, well, you’re partially right, but, then again, there are a lot of people who’ve never had the privilege of getting to drink a really good craft beer and just don’t know what the difference is. Thus the need for marketing it.