Top 10 Fall Beers
AMERICAN
CRAFT BREWS
Great
Divide "Fresh Hop Pale Ale"
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Imperial
Oktoberfest Lager - Colorado / Seasonal
$7/22 oz.
6.1% ABV
Colorado is
crazy about beer. The state is home to some of
the country’s most creative craft brewers. Inspired
by the annual September hop harvest, Great Divide
in Denver brews this once-a-year specialty with
freshly picked hop flowers rather than standard
dried or pelletized hops. Fresh hops look
like little fluffy green pine cones, palpably sticky
with the resinous oils that deliver the beer’s
distinctive bitterness and herbal aromatics. This
beer practically bursts with juicy green hop aromas,
vivid enough for surfers and college students to
recognize the hop’s family resemblance to
its cousin cannabis by smell alone. Yet,
despite the hop aroma overload, the "Fresh
Hop Pale Ale" finishes without an overly
harsh bitter bite.
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