Wednesday, October 5, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
FRESH HOPS:
Narrow window for
this type of brew
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well-curated beer list. This
year we went really big on
our fresh-hop beer and made
it at our production plant in
Sisters using 120 half-barrel
kegs,” said head brewer Zach
Beckwith,
Three Creeks’ fresh
hop beer for this season,
Conelick’r Fresh Hop Pale,
was made with Centennial
hops from BC Farms in
Woodburn, and those fresh
hops went from farm to brew
in four hours.
The minute a hop cone is
picked off the bine it begins
to degrade, so the sooner the
brewer can get the cones into
the boil or hopback of a brew,
the fresher the beer will taste.
That is why fresh-hop beer
season is such a fleeting time
of year. With such a relatively
small window during which
the harvest occurs, this is
the only time of the year that
fresh-hop beers are available.
The Pacific Northwest
grows more hops than any-
where else in the world —
over 50,000 acres between
Washington, Oregon and
Idaho.
And most breweries in
the region are located within
redmond
teenagers
plead guilty
to plotting to
kill mother
REDMOND (AP) — Two
Redmond teenagers have
pleaded guilty in connec-
tion to their plot to kill one’s
mother, then burn down her
house.
KTVZ-TV reports that
a 17-year-old boy pleaded
guilty to second-degree
assault, while a girl, also 17,
pleaded guilty to unlawful
use of a weapon and second-
degree attempted assault.
Deschutes County District
Attorney John Hummel says
the teens planned to kill one
of their mothers, then burn
down her house with the body
left inside. He says the boy on
May 19 sprayed his mother
with pepper spray and then
struck her with a baseball bat.
The victim was able to
wrestle the bat away from her
son and call 911.
The son has been sen-
tenced to 70 months of incar-
ceration and the girl was sen-
tenced to 20 months.
a few hours’ drive of a hop
farm.
For three years Smith
Rock Hop Farm, located in
Terrebonne, has provided
fresh hops to brewers in
Central Oregon. And Miles
Wilhelm, co-founder of Smith
Rock Hop Farm had a table
full of fresh hops that had
been picked just a few hours
earlier.
“The farm is on 19 acres
with the most wonder-
ful views of Smith Rock,”
Wilhelm said. “The own-
ers, Natalie Hoshaw and
Clare Thompson, are farm-
ers at heart. We joined forces
because I possess a love of
craft beer.
“Our first season we had
a harvest of 25 pounds of
fresh Cascade and Centennial
cones. The entire lot was used
by Worthy Brewing of Bend
and Wild Ride Brewing of
Redmond to create a collabo-
ration fresh-hop beer named
Worth Ride.”
The Crosby Hop Farm
located in Woodburn, Oregon,
has been harvesting hops for
over 100 years. The farm
showcased at least four vari-
eties of hops on their table
for folks to pick up and rub
together in their palms and
inhale the subtle differences
of each hop plant.
Anna Jenkins and husband
Rob from Bend were vigor-
ously rubbing hops together
until the hops warmed up,
releasing rich hop aromas.
“This is a lot of fun finding
out which flavor you might
like best in a beer before actu-
ally tasting it,” Anna said.
It seems that fresh hops
blend with other beverages
besides beer.
Folks were on line ready to
savor some of Bucha Buena’s
fresh-hop kombucha, an alco-
holic kombucha, secondary
fermented on oak with wild
and saccharomyces yeast cul-
tures for at least 60 days and
fresh-hopped with Cascade
hops that were grown on site.
It’s not only tasty, but good
for you, too.
Sally Thompson from
Redmond smiled as she tasted
the unique drink.
“I’ve never tasted anything
like this,” she said. “It’s really
good, especially if you like
kombucha.”
Volunteers from the
American Cancer Society
helped with everything from
pouring beer to selling raffle
tickets. The raffle prizes were
donated by local businesses
and the proceeds went to the
American Cancer Society.
this year we went
really big on our fresh-
hop beer and made it at
our production ... using
120 half-barrel kegs.
— Zach Beckwith
Adding to the fun, the
breweries competed for the
People’s Choice Award —
the coveted Golden Bunny.
And by the end of the evening
tasters found out that their
favorite brew and winner of
the Golden Bunny award was
Conelick’r from Sisters’ own
Three Creeks Brewing Co.
HARVEST FAIRE:
Main Avenue will
be closed for event
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You’re sure to find good
music, great crafts, and
amazing experiences. Come
spend the weekend and
experience all that Sisters is
about.”
M a i n Av e n u e f r o m
Larch to Elm streets will
be closed starting at 6 a.m.
Friday, October 7, and will
re-open Sunday evening
at 7 p.m. The Bank of the
Cascades drive-through
will be open until 5:30 p.m.
on Friday, then will be a
walk-up only until Sunday
evening.
Spruce and Fir streets will
be closed from the alleyway
to Main Avenue, starting at 6
a.m. Friday.
For more information on
the Sisters Harvest Faire,
visit the website at www.
sisterscountry.com or call
the Sisters Area Chamber at
541-549-0251.
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