Silver Moon HOPpopatamus!
Silver Moon Brewing of Bend, Oregon has been wowing palates of late with some of their specialty beers. In fact, the brewery landed themselves a bronze medal at this year’s Great American Beer Fest for their Bridge Creek Pilsner (Bohemian-style Pilsner). Look for their recently bottled Fresh Hopped ale dubbed “HOPpopatamus.” We talked to our friend Tim Ensign of Mountain Peoples Beer & Wine Distributors and agree with him that “It was AWESOME!” Brewed with fresh harvested Oregon Cascade Hops, this 6.7% ABV brew states “IBU-unknown” though it’s clear it is on the high end of the scale. Ensign says “I have tried over 15 Fresh Hop beer this year and this one is super Hoppy and is probably my favorite…and you all know I’m a hophead!” Look for it at the fresh hop tastivals around Oregon and around Oregon in limited bottles where fine beer is sold.
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Angelo
Angelo grew up in Maine and is proud to call New England his original home. Cascadia is now his home. He fell in love with great beer in Oregon, Washington, and Northern California. He has been a correspondent for the Portland Tribune's Guest on Tap column, LivePDX.com, and has been featured in publications such as Beer Northwest and PDX Magazine. Angelo also has a great interest in independent music, and has been a booker and organizer for shows around the Portland under the name Pop Tomorrow! Angelo garnered much knowledge regarding beer from his experiences homebrewing, working at Belmont Station, Pyramid Brewing, Upright Brewing, By the Bottle, Beer Revolution, Olde Depot Public House, Falling Sky Brewing, Cascade Brewing, and from many many knowledgeable, passionate, and loving people along the way. It is Angelo's mission to bring "infotainment" and "edumation" to the readers of this website. If you have any questions or comments, or would like to contribute, please contact me at angelo@brewpublic.com
umm, can you say diacetyl?
diacetyl? where did you notice this? I have had multiple bottles and have had it on draft around town with no issues? I did notice the keg at the Fresh hop fest in PDX was a bit off and thought it was probably the dirty tap lines since it was the only example that was not spot on that i have had…Cheers