Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine Podcast

501: Perspectives on Fresh Hop Brewing With Bale Breaker, Single Hill, and Russian River

September 4, 2026·1h 2m·5-min readroundtableentertainment
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Fresh hop beers are a celebration of the harvest season, rooted in the agricultural nature of brewing, where brewers use wet, undried hops picked at peak ripeness to create uniquely vibrant, green, and aromatic IPAs that can’t be replicated with dried hops. The episode dives into the hist

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Vinnie Cilurzo

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Books, people, and resources mentioned in this episode.

People

Vinnie CilurzoKevin SmithZach TurnerJamie Bogner

Companies

Yakima ChiefHop Breeding CompanySierra Nevada

Products & Tools

HBC 1176

Topics

Beer BrewingFood ScienceRecipesSustainability

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