It’s that point of yr when winter seasonal beers start arriving on retailer cabinets and one which we’re excited for every year is now arriving throughout the Pacific Northwest and past! Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. has formally launched the 2024 launch of its coveted Celebration Contemporary Hop IPA.
Every year when hop harvest takes place, Sierra Nevada brewers go to the hop fields throughout the Pacific Northwest to pick out the best freshly picked hops to brew the yr’s Celebration Contemporary Hop IPA. Brewed with the basic C-Hops – Cascade, Centennial and Chinook – this beer by no means disappoints and is one which craft beers followers hunt down every fall and early winter season!
“Freshly harvested hops have an unbeatable depth of aroma and taste and that’s a part of what makes Celebration so particular,” stated Brian Grossman, Chief Brewer and second-generation brewery proprietor at Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. “It begins on the hop farms every year when members of the brewing workforce make the trek to the Pacific Northwest to hand-select a number of whole-cone Cascade, Centennial and Chinook. The choose heaps are then expedited to the brewery to start brewing Celebration as quickly as attainable. It’s essential to seize the freshness of the season’s hop harvest, an iconic attribute of the beer. The entire course of is a practice that my father began a long time in the past, and we’re proud to proceed.“
Celebration Contemporary Hop IPA dates again some 43 years to 1981, launched yearly between the tip of hop harvest season and the start of the vacation season within the US. Hop-forward flavors and aromas are at all times a part of the profile of Celebration Contemporary Hop IPA, that’s brewed to be well-balanced with the slight biscuity sweetness of caramel malt. It clocks in at 6.8% ABV, 65 IBU, and 223 energy.
“Once we begin brewing and pouring the primary pints of the beer in our Taproom there’s a palpable sense of pleasure and celebration among the many brewery workforce. In that approach, Celebration Contemporary Hop IPA actually lives as much as its title,” stated Grossman.
Celebration Contemporary Hop IPA started delivery to wholesalers in mid-October and is already hitting retailer cabinets. It’s obtainable on draft and packaged in 6-and 12-packs of 12-ounce cans, with restricted availability of 12-pack bottles bought in choose markets. Because the type title alludes, a Contemporary Hop IPA is beneficial to be loved throughout the identical season wherein it was produced to expertise the complete depth of taste and aroma that the brewers supposed.
Western North Carolina Restoration Efforts
Sierra Nevada has introduced assist of the long-term restoration of the craft beer business in Western North Carolina following Hurricane Helene, which hit the area in late September. This yr, the corporate will donate $1 of each barrel brewed of Celebration Contemporary Hop IPA to the newly fashioned NC Craft Brewers Basis, a 501(c)(3) devoted to the expansion and resilience of Western North Carolina’s craft brewing group. The corporate has inspired its wholesaler and retailer companions to contribute to the hassle, as properly. The brewery can be supporting speedy group meals wants within the area by way of contributions to MANNA FoodBank and Meals Connection.
“We all know that it takes all members of a group, supporting how they’ll after a catastrophe,” stated Chief Sustainability and Social Impression Officer Mandi McKay. “We respect that we are able to contribute to our Western North Carolina group within the wake of Hurricane Helene.”
Study extra about Sierra Nevada’s efforts and contributions following Hurricane Helene’s impression in Western North Carolina.
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D.J. is a Portland, Oregon based mostly author that spent his adolescence within the Midwest. With over 25 years underneath his belt of ingesting beer at festivals throughout America and the world, he has developed a robust appreciation and understanding of craft beer and the business that surrounds it. He may be present in any of the good breweries or beer bars that make Portland the most effective beer metropolis on the planet. His writing can be discovered within the archives of Northwest Brewing Information and may be adopted on Twitter and Instagram at @hopapalooza.
