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A FIELD GUIDE TO HOPS The hop bines are first cut close to the ground by a tractor called a bottom cutter. Then a hop truck is push. ed though the row by a tractor called a top cutter, which cuts the top of the bine from the trellis. The harvested bine is transported back to the picking machine in the back of the hop truck. SO NOW THE BINE IS IN THE BACK OF ATRUCK.
SAUVE | YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG The creation of the Yakima Valley Spirits and Hops Trail reminded me of the Yakima Valley’s connection with Gardiner Greene Hubbard, the founding president of the National Geographic Society and President of the American Telegraph Company, and his son-in-law, Alexander Graham Bell, who is credited with the successful introduction of thetelephone.
HOP FARM TOUR
Space is limited. To purchase your tickets, visit Schooner EXACT Brewing at 3901 1st Ave. S., in Seattle or contact them at (206) 432-9734. *to be picked up at the brewery when the batch is ready. For more information on the Yakima Valley hop industry, craft breweries, cideries and distilleries visit the Spirits and Hops Trail website. YAKIMA VALLEY BREW PUBS Bale Breaker Brewing production areaAs summer comes to an end, the fields and orchards are abuzz as the crops are brought in and processed. Harvest is a great time of year in the Yakima Valley along the trail. Hops and other crops that make our ciders, spirits and wines are being picked and headed to BEER TRIVIA AND FACTS Here's a compilation of fun, silly and interesting facts around beer, one of our favorite subjects along the Spirits and Hops Trail. Amaze your friends the next time you hoist a glass or two! It was an accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a COWICHE CANYON KITCHEN & ICEHOUSE SERVE IT UP! When the Cowiche Canyon Kitchen and Icehouse Bar opened in December, it ushered in a new era of dining experiences in Downtown Yakima. Graham & Kaulin Snyder are owners of the new dining establishment. Snyder accomplished his idea of creating the ambiance of a “polished American Tavern” with help from Graham Baba, a Seattle-basedarchitect
JUNE | 2017 | YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG The World Food Travel Association (WFTA) recognized the Yakima Valley recently with the 2017 FoodTrekking award for Best Beer Experience. Yakima Valley Tourism, which nominated the Valley for the recognition, was on hand to accept the award at the FoodTrekking World Conference earlier this spring. HOP NATION BREWERY OPENS IN DOWNTOWN YAKIMA Had a chance to swing by Hop Nation Brewing Company’s soft opening last week during the First Friday event in downtown Yakima. Pardon the pun, but things were hopping! Owner Ben and crew were serving a nice crowd with the brews while HopTown Wood Fire Pizza was there baking up their 9″ pies of delight.. On tap was ESBeotch, EGO ipa, Cream On-oat pale ale and Weiss, a German Hefeweizen. YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG Hop production last year continued to sky rocket. In 2016, there were 37,444 acres of hops harvested in the Yakima Valley, a 30% increase from 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. As you know, the Valley is the nation’s largest hop producer, with 75% of all hops grown in America coming from our fields. YAKIMA VALLEY DISTILLERIES We’re at the Sunriver Resort near Bend at the Travel and Words Northwest Travel Writers Conference, sharing stories of the Yakima Valley and the Spirits and Hops Trail . We’re sharing how the Yakima Valley is ‘hop heaven’ since we supply 78% of the hops used by the breweries across the U.S. The LolliHop candies we gave out were a bighit.
A FIELD GUIDE TO HOPS The hop bines are first cut close to the ground by a tractor called a bottom cutter. Then a hop truck is push. ed though the row by a tractor called a top cutter, which cuts the top of the bine from the trellis. The harvested bine is transported back to the picking machine in the back of the hop truck. SO NOW THE BINE IS IN THE BACK OF ATRUCK.
SAUVE | YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG The creation of the Yakima Valley Spirits and Hops Trail reminded me of the Yakima Valley’s connection with Gardiner Greene Hubbard, the founding president of the National Geographic Society and President of the American Telegraph Company, and his son-in-law, Alexander Graham Bell, who is credited with the successful introduction of thetelephone.
HOP FARM TOUR
Space is limited. To purchase your tickets, visit Schooner EXACT Brewing at 3901 1st Ave. S., in Seattle or contact them at (206) 432-9734. *to be picked up at the brewery when the batch is ready. For more information on the Yakima Valley hop industry, craft breweries, cideries and distilleries visit the Spirits and Hops Trail website. YAKIMA VALLEY BREW PUBS Bale Breaker Brewing production areaAs summer comes to an end, the fields and orchards are abuzz as the crops are brought in and processed. Harvest is a great time of year in the Yakima Valley along the trail. Hops and other crops that make our ciders, spirits and wines are being picked and headed to BEER TRIVIA AND FACTS Here's a compilation of fun, silly and interesting facts around beer, one of our favorite subjects along the Spirits and Hops Trail. Amaze your friends the next time you hoist a glass or two! It was an accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a COWICHE CANYON KITCHEN & ICEHOUSE SERVE IT UP! When the Cowiche Canyon Kitchen and Icehouse Bar opened in December, it ushered in a new era of dining experiences in Downtown Yakima. Graham & Kaulin Snyder are owners of the new dining establishment. Snyder accomplished his idea of creating the ambiance of a “polished American Tavern” with help from Graham Baba, a Seattle-basedarchitect
JUNE | 2017 | YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG The World Food Travel Association (WFTA) recognized the Yakima Valley recently with the 2017 FoodTrekking award for Best Beer Experience. Yakima Valley Tourism, which nominated the Valley for the recognition, was on hand to accept the award at the FoodTrekking World Conference earlier this spring. HOP NATION BREWERY OPENS IN DOWNTOWN YAKIMA Had a chance to swing by Hop Nation Brewing Company’s soft opening last week during the First Friday event in downtown Yakima. Pardon the pun, but things were hopping! Owner Ben and crew were serving a nice crowd with the brews while HopTown Wood Fire Pizza was there baking up their 9″ pies of delight.. On tap was ESBeotch, EGO ipa, Cream On-oat pale ale and Weiss, a German Hefeweizen.DISTILLERIES
The Seattle Wine and Food Experience is this Sunday and the Yakima Valley will be there in force! In addition to a number of local wineries and other beverage providers, Yakima Valley Tourism is a Gold Sponsor and will host a double booth full of locally crafted bites and beverages. Our prime sponsor to attend the show is Tree Top.As a result, we’re bringing Chef Kristin Johnson over toHOP FARM TOUR
Space is limited. To purchase your tickets, visit Schooner EXACT Brewing at 3901 1st Ave. S., in Seattle or contact them at (206) 432-9734. *to be picked up at the brewery when the batch is ready. For more information on the Yakima Valley hop industry, craft breweries, cideries and distilleries visit the Spirits and Hops Trail website. THINGS HAVE BEEN HOPPING IN THE YAKIMA VALLEY! Okay, sorry for the pun, but it's true! Like the bines in the fields, the Yakima Valley beer and hop scene has been sprouting new success everywhere you look. Yakima Valley Tourism has been in the thick of it with our beer and craft beverage marketing and media relationsefforts. A
THANK YOU FOR SAVING THE BEER. Thank you for saving the beer. October 20, 2015 by Yakima Valley Tourism. The Yakima Valley has made it through yet another hop harvest. Gone are the lush green walls of hops, stretching 18 feet in the air. In their place is a forest of bare hop poles, pieces of cut twine still dangling from the wires. Now our Valley’s hops take thenext
JULY | 2017 | YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG Hop production last year continued to sky rocket. In 2016, there were 37,444 acres of hops harvested in the Yakima Valley, a 30% increase from 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. As you know, the Valley is the nation’s largest hop producer, with 75% of all hops grown in America coming from our fields. TIETON CIDER WORKS LAUNCHES NEW LOOK Have you seen the new package design for Tieton Cider Works? Be on the watch as they roll out the designs this month. The Washington State based, family owned company has been creating craft cider for six years and currently produces 13 different offerings. According to their release, the new label design is targeted toward JUNE | 2017 | YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG The World Food Travel Association (WFTA) recognized the Yakima Valley recently with the 2017 FoodTrekking award for Best Beer Experience. Yakima Valley Tourism, which nominated the Valley for the recognition, was on hand to accept the award at the FoodTrekking World Conference earlier this spring. YAKIMA IS BECOMING THE CRAFT BEVERAGE CENTER OF THE Last Saturday, Tieton Cider Works had their grand opening for their new 35,000 square foot production facility and Cider Bar at 619 West J Street. With that celebration another craft beverage operation comes to Yakima. It joins four existing wineries (AntoLin Cellars, Gilbert Cellars, Kana Winery and Lookout Point Winery) and two breweries(Yakima Craft
FRESH HOP ALE FESTIVAL IS COMING! While the sun shines bright and it’s still very warm in the day, the nights are cooler and a feeling of fall is in the air. It’s harvest time in the Yakima Valley. One great way to celebrate the end of the hop harvest is the 11th Annual Allied Arts Fresh Hop Ale ROOTS AND VINES FEST COMES TO DOWNTOWN YAKIMA Lookin' to cook up some fun this weekend? Here's a recipe for you: Take eight hours of non-stop bluegrass, roots and Americana music. Then add 12 Yakima area craft beverage providers and local food vendors. Combine with fine weather and you have a the makings for toe tappin' and dancin' on the streets. The first YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG Hop production last year continued to sky rocket. In 2016, there were 37,444 acres of hops harvested in the Yakima Valley, a 30% increase from 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. As you know, the Valley is the nation’s largest hop producer, with 75% of all hops grown in America coming from our fields. YAKIMA VALLEY DISTILLERIES We’re at the Sunriver Resort near Bend at the Travel and Words Northwest Travel Writers Conference, sharing stories of the Yakima Valley and the Spirits and Hops Trail . We’re sharing how the Yakima Valley is ‘hop heaven’ since we supply 78% of the hops used by the breweries across the U.S. The LolliHop candies we gave out were a bighit.
A FIELD GUIDE TO HOPS The hop bines are first cut close to the ground by a tractor called a bottom cutter. Then a hop truck is push. ed though the row by a tractor called a top cutter, which cuts the top of the bine from the trellis. The harvested bine is transported back to the picking machine in the back of the hop truck. SO NOW THE BINE IS IN THE BACK OF ATRUCK.
SAUVE | YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG The creation of the Yakima Valley Spirits and Hops Trail reminded me of the Yakima Valley’s connection with Gardiner Greene Hubbard, the founding president of the National Geographic Society and President of the American Telegraph Company, and his son-in-law, Alexander Graham Bell, who is credited with the successful introduction of thetelephone.
DISTILLERIES
2013 Was The Year For Yakima Valley Hops, Breweries, Distilleries and Wine. This has been a great year for the Yakima Valley adult beverage industry. Highlights included: 1. The opening of Bale Breaker Brewering Company, the first and only known brewery in American located in a working hop field! Also new to the scene was GlacierBasin
YAKIMA VALLEY BREW PUBS Bale Breaker Brewing production areaAs summer comes to an end, the fields and orchards are abuzz as the crops are brought in and processed. Harvest is a great time of year in the Yakima Valley along the trail. Hops and other crops that make our ciders, spirits and wines are being picked and headed to BEER TRIVIA AND FACTS Here's a compilation of fun, silly and interesting facts around beer, one of our favorite subjects along the Spirits and Hops Trail. Amaze your friends the next time you hoist a glass or two! It was an accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a COWICHE CANYON KITCHEN & ICEHOUSE SERVE IT UP! When the Cowiche Canyon Kitchen and Icehouse Bar opened in December, it ushered in a new era of dining experiences in Downtown Yakima. Graham & Kaulin Snyder are owners of the new dining establishment. Snyder accomplished his idea of creating the ambiance of a “polished American Tavern” with help from Graham Baba, a Seattle-basedarchitect
LATEST NEWS ALONG THE SPIRITS AND HOPS TRAIL Bale Breaker Brewing production areaAs summer comes to an end, the fields and orchards are abuzz as the crops are brought in and processed. Harvest is a great time of year in the Yakima Valley along the trail. Hops and other crops that make our ciders, spirits and YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG The World Food Travel Association (WFTA) recognized the Yakima Valley recently with the 2017 FoodTrekking award for Best Beer Experience. Yakima Valley Tourism, which nominated the Valley for the recognition, was on hand to accept the award at the FoodTrekking World Conference earlier this spring. YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG Hop production last year continued to sky rocket. In 2016, there were 37,444 acres of hops harvested in the Yakima Valley, a 30% increase from 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. As you know, the Valley is the nation’s largest hop producer, with 75% of all hops grown in America coming from our fields. YAKIMA VALLEY DISTILLERIES We’re at the Sunriver Resort near Bend at the Travel and Words Northwest Travel Writers Conference, sharing stories of the Yakima Valley and the Spirits and Hops Trail . We’re sharing how the Yakima Valley is ‘hop heaven’ since we supply 78% of the hops used by the breweries across the U.S. The LolliHop candies we gave out were a bighit.
A FIELD GUIDE TO HOPS The hop bines are first cut close to the ground by a tractor called a bottom cutter. Then a hop truck is push. ed though the row by a tractor called a top cutter, which cuts the top of the bine from the trellis. The harvested bine is transported back to the picking machine in the back of the hop truck. SO NOW THE BINE IS IN THE BACK OF ATRUCK.
SAUVE | YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG The creation of the Yakima Valley Spirits and Hops Trail reminded me of the Yakima Valley’s connection with Gardiner Greene Hubbard, the founding president of the National Geographic Society and President of the American Telegraph Company, and his son-in-law, Alexander Graham Bell, who is credited with the successful introduction of thetelephone.
DISTILLERIES
2013 Was The Year For Yakima Valley Hops, Breweries, Distilleries and Wine. This has been a great year for the Yakima Valley adult beverage industry. Highlights included: 1. The opening of Bale Breaker Brewering Company, the first and only known brewery in American located in a working hop field! Also new to the scene was GlacierBasin
YAKIMA VALLEY BREW PUBS Bale Breaker Brewing production areaAs summer comes to an end, the fields and orchards are abuzz as the crops are brought in and processed. Harvest is a great time of year in the Yakima Valley along the trail. Hops and other crops that make our ciders, spirits and wines are being picked and headed to BEER TRIVIA AND FACTS Here's a compilation of fun, silly and interesting facts around beer, one of our favorite subjects along the Spirits and Hops Trail. Amaze your friends the next time you hoist a glass or two! It was an accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a COWICHE CANYON KITCHEN & ICEHOUSE SERVE IT UP! When the Cowiche Canyon Kitchen and Icehouse Bar opened in December, it ushered in a new era of dining experiences in Downtown Yakima. Graham & Kaulin Snyder are owners of the new dining establishment. Snyder accomplished his idea of creating the ambiance of a “polished American Tavern” with help from Graham Baba, a Seattle-basedarchitect
LATEST NEWS ALONG THE SPIRITS AND HOPS TRAIL Bale Breaker Brewing production areaAs summer comes to an end, the fields and orchards are abuzz as the crops are brought in and processed. Harvest is a great time of year in the Yakima Valley along the trail. Hops and other crops that make our ciders, spirits and YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG The World Food Travel Association (WFTA) recognized the Yakima Valley recently with the 2017 FoodTrekking award for Best Beer Experience. Yakima Valley Tourism, which nominated the Valley for the recognition, was on hand to accept the award at the FoodTrekking World Conference earlier this spring.HOP FARM TOUR
Space is limited. To purchase your tickets, visit Schooner EXACT Brewing at 3901 1st Ave. S., in Seattle or contact them at (206) 432-9734. *to be picked up at the brewery when the batch is ready. For more information on the Yakima Valley hop industry, craft breweries, cideries and distilleries visit the Spirits and Hops Trail website. JULY | 2017 | YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG Hop production last year continued to sky rocket. In 2016, there were 37,444 acres of hops harvested in the Yakima Valley, a 30% increase from 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. As you know, the Valley is the nation’s largest hop producer, with 75% of all hops grown in America coming from our fields. GILBERT CELLARS CAVE It’s April in the Yakima Valley. Apple, cherry and other fruit trees are blooming by the acre. It’s also the time for Spring Barrel Tasting, when folks flock to wineries from Yakima to Red Mountain to enjoy wines straight from the barrel, great food, music and fun in the vineyards. Folks now have the option enjoy other adult beverages during the celebration along the Spirits and Hops Trail. YAKIMA VALLEY HOP FARMS Bale Breaker Brewing production areaAs summer comes to an end, the fields and orchards are abuzz as the crops are brought in and processed. Harvest is a great time of year in the Yakima Valley along the trail. Hops and other crops that make our ciders, spirits and wines are being picked and headed to TOPPENISH | YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG Posts about Toppenish written by Yakima Valley Tourism. This blog is a reprint of an article by Capital Press, posted with their permission.. YAKIMA, Wash. — U.S. hop production was up 13 percent from 61.2 million pounds in 2012 to 69.3 million pounds in 2013, according to YAKIMA VALLEY TOURISM The Seattle Wine and Food Experience is this Sunday and the Yakima Valley will be there in force! In addition to a number of local wineries and other beverage providers, Yakima Valley Tourism is a Gold Sponsor and will host a double booth full of locally crafted bites and beverages. Our prime sponsor to attend the show is Tree Top.As a result, we’re bringing Chef Kristin Johnson over to YAKIMA VALLEY TOURISM The United States saw an ever-higher number of new breweries enter the market in 2013, with a record-high 3,699 active ‘permitted breweries’ overseen by the Alcohol Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau(TTB).
HOP NATION BREWERY OPENS IN DOWNTOWN YAKIMA Had a chance to swing by Hop Nation Brewing Company’s soft opening last week during the First Friday event in downtown Yakima. Pardon the pun, but things were hopping! Owner Ben and crew were serving a nice crowd with the brews while HopTown Wood Fire Pizza was there baking up their 9″ pies of delight.. On tap was ESBeotch, EGO ipa, Cream On-oat pale ale and Weiss, a German Hefeweizen. JUNE | 2014 | YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG This Father’s Day weekend, make plans to go to the ‘big daddy brewfest’, the Washington Brewers Festival in Redmond WA. It’s billed as the single largest gathering of Washington breweries and is organized by the Washington Beer Commission.Some 88 breweries YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG The World Food Travel Association (WFTA) recognized the Yakima Valley recently with the 2017 FoodTrekking award for Best Beer Experience. Yakima Valley Tourism, which nominated the Valley for the recognition, was on hand to accept the award at the YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG Hop production last year continued to sky rocket. In 2016, there were 37,444 acres of hops harvested in the Yakima Valley, a 30% increase from 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. As you know, the Valley is the nation’s largest hop producer, with 75% of all hops grown in America coming from our fields. YAKIMA VALLEY DISTILLERIES We’re at the Sunriver Resort near Bend at the Travel and Words Northwest Travel Writers Conference, sharing stories of the Yakima Valley and the Spirits and Hops Trail . We’re sharing how the Yakima Valley is ‘hop heaven’ since we supply 78% of the hops used by the breweries across the U.S. The LolliHop candies we gave out were a bighit.
CRAFT BEER | YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG Bale Breaker Brewing production areaAs summer comes to an end, the fields and orchards are abuzz as the crops are brought in and processed. Harvest is a great time of year in the Yakima Valley along the trail. Hops and other crops that make our ciders, spirits and wines are being picked and headed to SAUVE | YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG The creation of the Yakima Valley Spirits and Hops Trail reminded me of the Yakima Valley’s connection with Gardiner Greene Hubbard, the founding president of the National Geographic Society and President of the American Telegraph Company, and his son-in-law, Alexander Graham Bell, who is credited with the successful introduction of thetelephone.
DISTILLERIES
2013 Was The Year For Yakima Valley Hops, Breweries, Distilleries and Wine. This has been a great year for the Yakima Valley adult beverage industry. Highlights included: 1. The opening of Bale Breaker Brewering Company, the first and only known brewery in American located in a working hop field! Also new to the scene was GlacierBasin
GILBERT CELLARS CAVE It’s April in the Yakima Valley. Apple, cherry and other fruit trees are blooming by the acre. It’s also the time for Spring Barrel Tasting, when folks flock to wineries from Yakima to Red Mountain to enjoy wines straight from the barrel, great food, music and fun in the vineyards. Folks now have the option enjoy other adult beverages during the celebration along the Spirits and Hops Trail. SWEDE HILL DISTILLING It was the birthplace of the modern day microbrewery/pub scene when Bert Grant opened the first post-prohibition microbrewery in 1982. Sadly Grants Brewery Pub closed down some years later and it was not until 2007 that Yakima saw another brewery open when Yakima Craft began operations. It’s only natural that the brewpub scene wouldcome back
GLACIER BASIN DISTILLERY The Seattle Wine and Food Experience is this Sunday and the Yakima Valley will be there in force! In addition to a number of local wineries and other beverage providers, Yakima Valley Tourism is a Gold Sponsor and will host a double booth full of locally crafted bites and beverages. Our prime sponsor to attend the show is Tree Top.As a result, we’re bringing Chef Kristin Johnson over to OCTOBER | 2015 | YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG The Yakima Valley has made it through yet another hop harvest. Gone are the lush green walls of hops, stretching 18 feet in the air. In their place is a forest of bare COWICHE CANYON KITCHEN & ICEHOUSE SERVE IT UP! When the Cowiche Canyon Kitchen and Icehouse Bar opened in December, it ushered in a new era of dining experiences in Downtown Yakima. Graham & Kaulin Snyder are owners of the new dining establishment. Snyder accomplished his idea of creating the ambiance of a “polished American Tavern” with help from Graham Baba, a Seattle-basedarchitect
YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG Hop production last year continued to sky rocket. In 2016, there were 37,444 acres of hops harvested in the Yakima Valley, a 30% increase from 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. As you know, the Valley is the nation’s largest hop producer, with 75% of all hops grown in America coming from our fields. YAKIMA VALLEY DISTILLERIES We’re at the Sunriver Resort near Bend at the Travel and Words Northwest Travel Writers Conference, sharing stories of the Yakima Valley and the Spirits and Hops Trail . We’re sharing how the Yakima Valley is ‘hop heaven’ since we supply 78% of the hops used by the breweries across the U.S. The LolliHop candies we gave out were a bighit.
CRAFT BEER | YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG Bale Breaker Brewing production areaAs summer comes to an end, the fields and orchards are abuzz as the crops are brought in and processed. Harvest is a great time of year in the Yakima Valley along the trail. Hops and other crops that make our ciders, spirits and wines are being picked and headed to SAUVE | YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG The creation of the Yakima Valley Spirits and Hops Trail reminded me of the Yakima Valley’s connection with Gardiner Greene Hubbard, the founding president of the National Geographic Society and President of the American Telegraph Company, and his son-in-law, Alexander Graham Bell, who is credited with the successful introduction of thetelephone.
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2013 Was The Year For Yakima Valley Hops, Breweries, Distilleries and Wine. This has been a great year for the Yakima Valley adult beverage industry. Highlights included: 1. The opening of Bale Breaker Brewering Company, the first and only known brewery in American located in a working hop field! Also new to the scene was GlacierBasin
GILBERT CELLARS CAVE It’s April in the Yakima Valley. Apple, cherry and other fruit trees are blooming by the acre. It’s also the time for Spring Barrel Tasting, when folks flock to wineries from Yakima to Red Mountain to enjoy wines straight from the barrel, great food, music and fun in the vineyards. Folks now have the option enjoy other adult beverages during the celebration along the Spirits and Hops Trail. SWEDE HILL DISTILLING It was the birthplace of the modern day microbrewery/pub scene when Bert Grant opened the first post-prohibition microbrewery in 1982. Sadly Grants Brewery Pub closed down some years later and it was not until 2007 that Yakima saw another brewery open when Yakima Craft began operations. It’s only natural that the brewpub scene wouldcome back
GLACIER BASIN DISTILLERY The Seattle Wine and Food Experience is this Sunday and the Yakima Valley will be there in force! In addition to a number of local wineries and other beverage providers, Yakima Valley Tourism is a Gold Sponsor and will host a double booth full of locally crafted bites and beverages. Our prime sponsor to attend the show is Tree Top.As a result, we’re bringing Chef Kristin Johnson over to OCTOBER | 2015 | YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG The Yakima Valley has made it through yet another hop harvest. Gone are the lush green walls of hops, stretching 18 feet in the air. In their place is a forest of bare COWICHE CANYON KITCHEN & ICEHOUSE SERVE IT UP! When the Cowiche Canyon Kitchen and Icehouse Bar opened in December, it ushered in a new era of dining experiences in Downtown Yakima. Graham & Kaulin Snyder are owners of the new dining establishment. Snyder accomplished his idea of creating the ambiance of a “polished American Tavern” with help from Graham Baba, a Seattle-basedarchitect
HOP FARM TOUR
Space is limited. To purchase your tickets, visit Schooner EXACT Brewing at 3901 1st Ave. S., in Seattle or contact them at (206) 432-9734. *to be picked up at the brewery when the batch is ready. For more information on the Yakima Valley hop industry, craft breweries, cideries and distilleries visit the Spirits and Hops Trail website.DOWNTOWN YAKIMA
Had a chance to swing by Hop Nation Brewing Company’s soft opening last week during the First Friday event in downtown Yakima. Pardon the pun, but things were hopping! Owner Ben and crew were serving a nice crowd with the brews while HopTown Wood Fire Pizza was there baking up their 9″ pies of delight.. On tap was ESBeotch, EGO ipa, Cream On-oat pale ale and Weiss, a German Hefeweizen. BALE BREAKER BREWERY Bale Breaker Brewing production areaAs summer comes to an end, the fields and orchards are abuzz as the crops are brought in and processed. Harvest is a great time of year in the Yakima Valley along the trail. Hops and other crops that make our ciders, spirits and wines are being picked and headed to YAKIMA VALLEY WINERIES The Seattle Wine and Food Experience is this Sunday and the Yakima Valley will be there in force! In addition to a number of local wineries and other beverage providers, Yakima Valley Tourism is a Gold Sponsor and will host a double booth full of locally crafted bites and beverages. Our prime sponsor to attend the show is Tree Top.As a result, we’re bringing Chef Kristin Johnson over to SWEDE HILL DISTILLING Last Saturday, Tieton Cider Works had their grand opening for their new 35,000 square foot production facility and Cider Bar at 619 West J Street. With that celebration another craft beverage operation comes to Yakima. It joins four existing wineries (AntoLin Cellars, Gilbert Cellars, Kana Winery and Lookout Point Winery) and two breweries (Yakima Craft Brewing Company, which has two tap rooms BEER TRIVIA AND FACTS Here's a compilation of fun, silly and interesting facts around beer, one of our favorite subjects along the Spirits and Hops Trail. Amaze your friends the next time you hoist a glass or two! It was an accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a YAKIMA VALLEY HOP FARMS Bale Breaker Brewing production areaAs summer comes to an end, the fields and orchards are abuzz as the crops are brought in and processed. Harvest is a great time of year in the Yakima Valley along the trail. Hops and other crops that make our ciders, spirits and wines are being picked and headed to JULY | 2016 | YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG The Yakima Valley is one of the most important hop growing regions in the world, and the craft beer industry wouldn’t be what it is today without our Valley’s hop growers. Though millions of people enjoy the beer that our hops help produce, most people don’t know the first thing about hops and how they are used to create that beer. JULY | 2017 | YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG Hop production last year continued to sky rocket. In 2016, there were 37,444 acres of hops harvested in the Yakima Valley, a 30% increase from 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. As you know, the Valley is the nation’s largest hop producer, with 75% of all hops grown in America coming from our fields. COWICHE CANYON KITCHEN & ICEHOUSE SERVE IT UP! When the Cowiche Canyon Kitchen and Icehouse Bar opened in December, it ushered in a new era of dining experiences in Downtown Yakima. Graham & Kaulin Snyder are owners of the new dining establishment. Snyder accomplished his idea of creating the ambiance of a “polished American Tavern” with help from Graham Baba, a Seattle-basedarchitect
YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG The Yakima Valley has made it through yet another hop harvest. Gone are the lush green walls of hops, stretching 18 feet in the air. In their place is a forest of bare hop poles, pieces of cut twine still dangling from the wires. YAKIMA VALLEY DISTILLERIES Last Saturday, Tieton Cider Works had their grand opening for their new 35,000 square foot production facility and Cider Bar at 619 West J Street. With that celebration another craft beverage operation comes to Yakima. It joins four existing wineries (AntoLin Cellars, Gilbert Cellars, Kana Winery and Lookout Point Winery) and two breweries (Yakima Craft Brewing Company, which has two tap rooms CRAFT BEER | YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG Bale Breaker Brewing production areaAs summer comes to an end, the fields and orchards are abuzz as the crops are brought in and processed. Harvest is a great time of year in the Yakima Valley along the trail. Hops and other crops that make our ciders, spirits and wines are being picked and headed to SAUVE | YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG The creation of the Yakima Valley Spirits and Hops Trail reminded me of the Yakima Valley’s connection with Gardiner Greene Hubbard, the founding president of the National Geographic Society and President of the American Telegraph Company, and his son-in-law, Alexander Graham Bell, who is credited with the successful introduction of thetelephone.
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The Yakima Valley Visitors & Convention Bureau (VCB) has launched a new program just in time for holiday shopping. Yakima Valley Made is a website that provides the public a directory of more than 100 Yakima Valley based farm products, hand crafted consumer goods and local food or beverage products. “With the rise of so many hand crafted artisan goods we saw a need to develop a central GILBERT CELLARS CAVE It’s April in the Yakima Valley. Apple, cherry and other fruit trees are blooming by the acre. It’s also the time for Spring Barrel Tasting, when folks flock to wineries from Yakima to Red Mountain to enjoy wines straight from the barrel, great food, music and fun in the vineyards. Folks now have the option enjoy other adult beverages during the celebration along the Spirits and Hops Trail. SWEDE HILL DISTILLING Last Saturday, Tieton Cider Works had their grand opening for their new 35,000 square foot production facility and Cider Bar at 619 West J Street. With that celebration another craft beverage operation comes to Yakima. It joins four existing wineries (AntoLin Cellars, Gilbert Cellars, Kana Winery and Lookout Point Winery) and two breweries (Yakima Craft Brewing Company, which has two tap rooms GLACIER BASIN DISTILLERY The Seattle Wine and Food Experience is this Sunday and the Yakima Valley will be there in force! In addition to a number of local wineries and other beverage providers, Yakima Valley Tourism is a Gold Sponsor and will host a double booth full of locally crafted bites and beverages. Our prime sponsor to attend the show is Tree Top.As a result, we’re bringing Chef Kristin Johnson over to JULY | 2017 | YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG Now this is cool. Last Friday, U.S. Representative Dan Newhouse from Washington’s 4th District recognized the Yakima Valley craft beer and hop industry for getting the World Food Travel Association’s 2017 FoodTrekking Award for Best Beer Experience. He did his during a session of the House of Representatives in the U.S. Capitol. Mr. Newhouse is not only our local congressman, he’s OCTOBER | 2015 | YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG The Yakima Valley has made it through yet another hop harvest. Gone are the lush green walls of hops, stretching 18 feet in the air. In their place is a forest of bare YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG Hop production last year continued to sky rocket. In 2016, there were 37,444 acres of hops harvested in the Yakima Valley, a 30% increase from 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. As you know, the Valley is the nation’s largest hop producer, with 75% of all hops grown in America coming from our fields. YAKIMA VALLEY DISTILLERIES We’re at the Sunriver Resort near Bend at the Travel and Words Northwest Travel Writers Conference, sharing stories of the Yakima Valley and the Spirits and Hops Trail . We’re sharing how the Yakima Valley is ‘hop heaven’ since we supply 78% of the hops used by the breweries across the U.S. The LolliHop candies we gave out were a bighit.
CRAFT BEER | YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG Bale Breaker Brewing production areaAs summer comes to an end, the fields and orchards are abuzz as the crops are brought in and processed. Harvest is a great time of year in the Yakima Valley along the trail. Hops and other crops that make our ciders, spirits and wines are being picked and headed to SAUVE | YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG The creation of the Yakima Valley Spirits and Hops Trail reminded me of the Yakima Valley’s connection with Gardiner Greene Hubbard, the founding president of the National Geographic Society and President of the American Telegraph Company, and his son-in-law, Alexander Graham Bell, who is credited with the successful introduction of thetelephone.
DISTILLERIES
2013 Was The Year For Yakima Valley Hops, Breweries, Distilleries and Wine. This has been a great year for the Yakima Valley adult beverage industry. Highlights included: 1. The opening of Bale Breaker Brewering Company, the first and only known brewery in American located in a working hop field! Also new to the scene was GlacierBasin
GILBERT CELLARS CAVE It’s April in the Yakima Valley. Apple, cherry and other fruit trees are blooming by the acre. It’s also the time for Spring Barrel Tasting, when folks flock to wineries from Yakima to Red Mountain to enjoy wines straight from the barrel, great food, music and fun in the vineyards. Folks now have the option enjoy other adult beverages during the celebration along the Spirits and Hops Trail. SWEDE HILL DISTILLING It was the birthplace of the modern day microbrewery/pub scene when Bert Grant opened the first post-prohibition microbrewery in 1982. Sadly Grants Brewery Pub closed down some years later and it was not until 2007 that Yakima saw another brewery open when Yakima Craft began operations. It’s only natural that the brewpub scene wouldcome back
JULY | 2017 | YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG Hop production last year continued to sky rocket. In 2016, there were 37,444 acres of hops harvested in the Yakima Valley, a 30% increase from 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. As you know, the Valley is the nation’s largest hop producer, with 75% of all hops grown in America coming from our fields. GLACIER BASIN DISTILLERY The Seattle Wine and Food Experience is this Sunday and the Yakima Valley will be there in force! In addition to a number of local wineries and other beverage providers, Yakima Valley Tourism is a Gold Sponsor and will host a double booth full of locally crafted bites and beverages. Our prime sponsor to attend the show is Tree Top.As a result, we’re bringing Chef Kristin Johnson over toHOP FARM TOUR
Hop heads in Seattle or Western Washington, take note! Schooner Exact Brewing is planning a field trip to the Yakima Valley to not only witness the harvest, but to also participate in the harvest. They’ll transport you and your friends from Seattle to the Virgil Gamache Hop Farm, the Toppenish area hop farm famous for creating the Amarillo hop.. After an exclusive tour, you’ll sit down to BALE BREAKER BREWERY Bale Breaker Brewing production areaAs summer comes to an end, the fields and orchards are abuzz as the crops are brought in and processed. Harvest is a great time of year in the Yakima Valley along the trail. Hops and other crops that make our ciders, spirits and wines are being picked and headed to YAKIMA VALLEY WINERIES The Seattle Wine and Food Experience is this Sunday and the Yakima Valley will be there in force! In addition to a number of local wineries and other beverage providers, Yakima Valley Tourism is a Gold Sponsor and will host a double booth full of locally crafted bites and beverages. Our prime sponsor to attend the show is Tree Top.As a result, we’re bringing Chef Kristin Johnson over toTIETON CIDER WORKS
As spring quickly turns to summer in the Yakima Valley there’s a lot of developments along the Spirits and Hops Trail. Here’s a sampling of the latest news: Tieton Cider Works has purchased a 40,000 square foot building in Yakima with plans to make it their production facility and a tasting room. Management will make announcements regarding their plans, including the location, in June. SWEDE HILL DISTILLING Last Saturday, Tieton Cider Works had their grand opening for their new 35,000 square foot production facility and Cider Bar at 619 West J Street. With that celebration another craft beverage operation comes to Yakima. It joins four existing wineries (AntoLin Cellars, Gilbert Cellars, Kana Winery and Lookout Point Winery) and two breweries (Yakima Craft Brewing Company, which has two tap rooms BEER TRIVIA AND FACTS Here's a compilation of fun, silly and interesting facts around beer, one of our favorite subjects along the Spirits and Hops Trail. Amaze your friends the next time you hoist a glass or two! It was an accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a JULY | 2016 | YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG The Yakima Valley is one of the most important hop growing regions in the world, and the craft beer industry wouldn’t be what it is today without our Valley’s hop growers. YAKIMA VALLEY HOP FARMS Bale Breaker Brewing production areaAs summer comes to an end, the fields and orchards are abuzz as the crops are brought in and processed. Harvest is a great time of year in the Yakima Valley along the trail. Hops and other crops that make our ciders, spirits and wines are being picked and headed to JULY | 2017 | YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG Now this is cool. Last Friday, U.S. Representative Dan Newhouse from Washington’s 4th District recognized the Yakima Valley craft beer and hop industry for getting the World Food Travel Association’s 2017 FoodTrekking Award for Best Beer Experience. He did his during a session of the House of Representatives in the U.S. Capitol. Mr. Newhouse is not only our local congressman, he’s COWICHE CANYON KITCHEN & ICEHOUSE SERVE IT UP! When the Cowiche Canyon Kitchen and Icehouse Bar opened in December, it ushered in a new era of dining experiences in Downtown Yakima. Graham & Kaulin Snyder are owners of the new dining establishment. Snyder accomplished his idea of creating the ambiance of a “polished American Tavern” with help from Graham Baba, a Seattle-basedarchitect
YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS & HOPS TRAIL BLOG CONGRESSMAN NEWHOUSE CONGRATULATES YAKIMA VALLEY FOR AWARD Now this is cool. Last Friday, U.S. Representative Dan Newhouse from Washington’s 4th District recognized the Yakima Valley craft beer and hop industry for getting the World Food Travel Association’s 2017 FoodTrekking Award for Best Beer Experience. He did his during a session of the House of Representatives in the U.S. Capitol. Mr. Newhouse is not only our local congressman, he’s also a long time farmer from Sunnyside. The Newhouse family operate a 600-acre farm where they grow tree fruit, grapes and yes, hops. Watch Congressman Newhouse’s short speechHERE .
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THINGS HAVE BEEN HOPPING IN THE YAKIMA VALLEY! Okay, sorry for the pun, but it’s true! Like the bines in the fields, the Yakima Valley beer and hop scene has been sprouting new success everywhere you look. Yakima Valley Tourism has been in the thick of it with our beer and craft beverage marketing and media relations efforts. A quick recap of what’s been going on since lastsummer.
First off, the region welcomed new breweries and tap rooms this past year. Redifer Brewing Co. in downtown Yakima opened just this month. Cowiche Creek Brewing opened doors near Tieton in mid-April and earlier Berchman’s Brewing opened their tap room on North Front Street downtown. The space Berchman is in has a strong brewing history: It was home to North Yakima Brewing & Malting, which was owned by the family of Berchman’s co-owner Laurie Robinson. Likewise, the space housed Grant’s Brewery Pub before it was relocated to the train depot. Ten years ago there was just two breweries in the Yakima Valley: Snipes Mountain and Witstran Brewing . Today there are ten commercial breweries (plus a number of nanobreweries)
with more in the works or close to opening. Meanwhile, existing breweries continued to flex their muscles and expand their products. For example, Bale Breaker Brewing Co . completed an expansion that will grow their capacity while allowing them to introduce experimental beers. They were invited to be part of a team of brewers to create a beer for Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp Across America program. Hop production last year continued to sky rocket. In 2016, there were 37,444 acres of hops harvested in the Yakima Valley, a 30% increase from 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. As you know, the Valley is the nation’s largest hop producer, with 75% of all hops grown in America coming from our fields. On the food front, after a labor of love and patience, our friends at HopTown Pizza opened a storefront at the old mercantile store in the Piety Flats region of I-82. Just take exit I-82 Exit 44 and head North towards the gas station. To build on and encourage the momentum, Yakima Valley Tourism has dedicated a number of projects to promote the Yakima Valley as a beer and hop destination. Our marketing campaigns have a strong “come to the source” angle. We’re encouraging visitors to come see, experience and taste where their food and beverages are grown and made. One angle of the campaign has focused heavily on the hop industry, because if it were not for the hops the Valley grows, there really wouldn’t be the craft beer scene in the U.S. Nowhere else in the nation can you see, smell and ‘feel’ the hop culture better than the Yakima Valley. We updatedour website to
make it easier to get hop and beer info, maps and
events.
In February Yakima Valley Tourism was a major sponsor at the Seattle Wine & Food Experience as the Featured Tourism Region. We brought 15 of our wine, craft beverage and restaurant members to show off our food and beverage scene. More than 2,500 craft beverage lovers sipped and sampled their way through our huge booth, which included a mock hop field. Prior to the show there was a media preview with dozens of Seattle metro media to meet and pitch story ideas. In March I attended the inaugural Beer Tourism and Marketing Conference in Asheville, North Carolina. I joined colleagues from towns across the country on a panel to discuss our local beer scenes and marketing. It was great to attend a convention where I did not have to explain where the Yakima Valley was located. Most attendees not only knew of the Valley, many had been here before. One guy even referred to his trip here as “a journey tohop Mecca.”
In April, The World Food Travel Association (WFTA) recognized the Yakima Valley Tuesday with the 2017 FoodTrekking award for Best Beer Experience. Yakima Valley Tourism nominated the Valley for the recognition. According to WFTA, the FoodTrekking awards recognize worldwide excellence in food and beverage tourism in eight categories. WFTA is a non-profit organization recognized as the world’s leading authority on food tourism. Its mission is to drive economic development for the food, drink, travel and hospitality trade. The Association was founded in 2003 and brings food tourism information and opportunities to 35,000 industry professionals in 139countries.
Our work continues this summer. Through a partnership with the Washington Beer Commission, we’re exhibiting at their beer festivals around the state. Replicating a hop field with plastic hop bines and wooden poles, our “selfie” booth informs attendees about where their beer comes plus welcomes them to visit the Valley. Throughout the past year we’ve hosted numerous beer writers and bloggers, sharing with them the stories of the hop industry, the families behind the beer scene and the overall bounty of the Valley. Take a peek at the many beer focused featuresthe Valley
has received this year. During the Fresh Hop Ale Festivalbeer
week in September we’ll be hosting top level beer writers to the Valley, so watch for more features down the road. Have a great summer and be sure to enjoy some fresh locally gownbeers!
John Cooper
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YAKIMA VALLEY AWARDED “BEST BEER EXPERIENCE” AWARD The World Food Travel Association (WFTA) recognized the Yakima Valley recently with the 2017 FoodTrekking award for Best Beer Experience. Yakima Valley Tourism, which nominated the Valley for the recognition, was on hand to accept the award at the FoodTrekking World Conference earlier this spring. According to WFTA, the FoodTrekking awards recognize worldwide excellence in food and beverage tourism in 13 categories. “We’re excited the Yakima Valley was selected for this international award,” stated John Cooper, President & CEO of Yakima Valley Tourism. “The local craft brewers and hop growers get the credit. It’s their stories and products, coupled with our overall hospitality industry, that make our region a unique beer destination.” WFTA is a non-profit organization recognized as the world’s leading authority on food tourism. Its mission is to drive economic development for the food, drink, travel and hospitality trade. The Association was founded in 2003 and brings food tourism information and opportunities to 35,000 industry professionals in 139 countries.SHARE THIS:
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A FIELD GUIDE TO HOPS The Yakima Valley is one of the most important hop growing regions in the world, and the craft beer industry wouldn’t be what it is today without our Valley’s hop growers. Though millions of people enjoy the beer that our hops help produce, most people don’t know the first thing about hops and how they are used to create that beer. Check out our FAQ that will help you get a better understanding of how hops are grown, harvested and processed, and how they are used in the beer brewing process.SO WHAT IS A HOP?
Humulus Lupulus (hops) are the flowering cones of a perennial climbing vine (called bines) that is primarily used in the beer brewing process. Hops have been used in brewing since the early days to ward off spoilage from wild bacteria, and to bring balance to the sweetness of malts. Hops also help with head retention (the foam on your beer), act as a natural filtering agent, and impart unique flavors and aromas, including (but certainly not limited to!) the bitterness inbeer.
WHY ARE SO MANY HOPS GROWN IN THE YAKIMA VALLEY? The Yakima Valley has proven to have the ideal combination of the right climate, day length, soil and access to irrigation systems for hop growing, which is why over 75% of our nation’s hops are grownhere.
WHAT PART OF THE HOP IS DESIRABLE TO BREWERS? The female hop cone, which forms on the bine in late summer, contains various oils and alpha acids that are essential for the flavor and aroma in beer, especially the hop-forward beers such as IPA’s. Peel open a fully-formed hop cone and you can check out the sticky yellow lupulin glands inside, the active ingredient in hops that give each variety its own flavor and characteristic. WHEN ARE HOPS HARVESTED? Around the Yakima Valley, the annual hop harvest generally starts towards the end of August and lasts throughout most of September. Most picking facilities run 24 hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week, for close to 30days.
DO HOPS HAVE TO BE REPLANTED EACH SEASON? No, hops are a perennial climbing vine that remains dormant underground throughout the fall and winter. The plant begins to grow from the ground each spring as the weather warms. ARE HOP CONES HANDPICKED FROM EACH HOP BINE? Not anymore! The hop bines are first cut close to the ground by a tractor called a bottom cutter. Then a hop truck is push ed though the row by a tractor called a top cutter, which cuts the top of the bine from the trellis. The harvested bine is transported back to the picking machine in the back of the hop truck. SO NOW THE BINE IS IN THE BACK OF A TRUCK. THEN WHAT? Each bine is hand-loaded (upside-down) into the picking machine. Many of the local picking machines have been around since the 1950’s, and are still going strong! WHAT HAPPENS IN THE PICKING MACHINE? After the plant material is stripped from the bine, a series of belts and sorting mechanisms separate the hop cones from the other plant material. A conveyor belt then transports the cones from the picking machine over to the kiln. A KILN, YOU MEAN LIKE AN OVEN? Yes. At harvest time, hops contain roughly 75% moisture. If stored with that amount of moisture throughout the year, they would spoil. Hops are dried in a hop kiln to an ideal moisture content of about 9-10%, allowing them to be stored and used in brewing throughout theyear.
HOW ARE HOPS PACKAGED WHEN THEY LEAVE THE FARM? After the hops are dry and cool, they are compressed into 200 pound, burlap-wrapped bales. Truckloads of bales are delivered to warehouses at hop processing companies around the Yakima Valley, where they will be packed into smaller bales of raw hops, or processed into pellet and extract form. These hop processing companies act as the middle-man between the farmer and brewer. Once the hops have been processed and repackaged, they are shipped to breweries all around the world, ready to be made into delicious beers of all kinds! SO WHAT DOES THE BREWER DO ONCE THEY GET THE HOPS? It depends on the type of beer they are making, but generally, hops are boiled with a malt sugar solution (called wort), and then yeast is added to begin fermentation. The hops’ bitterness counteracts the malt’s natural sweetness, creating a nice balance of flavors. Adjusting the amount of hops versus the amount of malt will give you different types of beer. Obviously a lot more work goes into brewing your favorite beer, but that is the basics. So the next time you’re sipping on a delicious, hop-heavy IPA, you can tell your friends you know exactly where those hops came from, and how it went from a plant to a beer! And if you really want to experience Yakima Valley hops at their freshest, makes plans to come to Yakima for the Fresh Hop Ale Festival, the first weekend in October every year. All the beers at the event have to be brewed with Yakima Valley hops that went from the bine to the beer within 24 hours. You’ve never tasted beer so fresh! _Thanks to Bale Breaker Brewing for thebeautiful photos!_
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THANK YOU FOR SAVING THE BEER. The Yakima Valley has made it through yet another hop harvest. Gone are the lush green walls of hops, stretching 18 feet in the air. In their place is a forest of bare hop poles, pieces of cut twine still dangling from the wires. Now our Valley’s hops take the next stage of their journey, where they’ll be preened, pressed, pounded and processed into dry hop pellets for brewing in the coming year, while a small amount of still wet, fresh-picked hops are packed off to breweries to make their one-of-a-kind Fresh Hop beers. Even though it looks the same as it always does after a successful harvest season, it doesn’t tell the real story: that this was definitely not just another hop harvest. Growers throughout the world struggled this year. Germany experienced their worst hop harvest in over a decade, down 27 percent from last year. Britain was below their average. New Zealand was short. And here at home, the Yakima Valley went through one of the most difficult growing seasons in recent memory. We faced three straight weeks of triple-digit temperatures. We had a non-existent snowpack, leaving our Valley strangled by drought. And we continue to have a stunted labor force,
which extends harvest times, creating more work for less people. But despite these challenges, our growers prevailed. The 2015 harvest is on par to outstrip last year’s bounty by a solid fivepercent
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The overall yield of hops is actually down from last year, but there was more than 3,300 new acres of hops planted this year in Washington, which more than made up for thedecline.
The resilience and tenacity of our farmers has done our Valley proud once again, and everyone from growers to brewers to beer-lovers can breathe a sigh of relief that this difficult harvest is successfully behind us. So to our hardworking Yakima Valley hop farmers and laborers, we offer a sincere and heartfelt “Thank You” for all that you’ve done this year. If there’s ever anyone who has deserved a beer after a long day’s work, it’s you.Cheers!
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YAKIMA VALLEY BEER AND CRAFT BEVERAGE FESTIVALS THIS FALL It’s fall and that means the harvest is in full swing in the Yakima Valley. And where there’s a harvest there’s a festival or two, including ones that celebrate our beers, ciders and distilled products along the Spirits and Hops Trail. So here’s a brief run down of a few coming up:AMERICA
ON TAP is coming to Downtown Yakima on SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH FROM 2PM-5PM. This three hour premium event will showcase over 100 releases from some of America’s best craft breweries including a number of local breweries. Attendees will sample beers in an atmosphere filled with live music, delicious food available for purchase, and great vendors. Participants must be at least 21 years of age to attend. Standard Tickets are $35 per person in advance and $45 at the door. For more information visit America On Tap Yakima The 13th annual FRESH HOP ALE FESTIVAL returns to downtown Yakima October 3rd. It’s the largest beer festival of it’s kind and was recently rated one of the top ten beer festivals in the USA. As organizers say “Fresh Hop Ale Festival is the original fresh hop beer festival, and is still the best.” Enjoy access to over 40 breweries and wineries, plus cider, a cigar tent, live music, collectible pint glass, special beers on Beer Bike, and three free half pints. $35 Per Ticket, $65 Per VIP Ticket, $850Per VIP Table.
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PROSSER BEER AND WHISKEY FESTIVAL is October 10th in the quaint town of Prosser. The event includes live music, food, rib cook-off, a bacon blitz, specialty vendors, VIP cigar lounge and much more. Must be 21 or over; ID required. GENERAL ADMISSION: $15 – includes entrance and logo glass. VIP: $50 – limited to 300 tickets, includes logo glass, 20 tokens towards food and drink purchases, access to cigar lounge, pre-event distillery tour at Blue Flame Spirits, and welcome bag. ALL ACCESS: $75 – limited to 100 tickets, includes logo glass, 25 tokens towards food and drink purchases, access to cigar lounge, pre-event distillery tour at Blue Flame Spirits, and welcome bag. Buy Tickets Here. For information call 509-786-3177 And there’s more! To keep on top of all the fall events, check the Yakima Valley Tourism’s Fall Celebrations website. Remember,
please enjoy responsibly and have a designated driver. See you in theValley!
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LATEST NEWS ALONG THE SPIRITS AND HOPS TRAIL Bale Breaker Brewing production areaAs summer comes to an end, the fields and orchards are abuzz as the crops are brought in and processed. Harvest is a great time of year in the Yakima Valleyalong the trail.
Hops and other crops that make our ciders, spirits and wines are being picked and headed to production. With the exceptionally warm and dry summer, many crops in the Yakima Valley are ahead of schedule. The wine grape harvest began in early August when Chardonnay grapes were pickedfor
Treveri Cellars for their sparkling wines. Now other wine grapes are coming online and the crush is underway earlier than usual and for a longer period. When it comes to expansion plans, Bale Baker Brewing Company is mirroring the harvest this year: It’s coming sooner than expected. Last week the owners announced plans to add 16,200 square-feet of space to their existing 11,000 square-foot operation near Yakima. This will give them more space for larger fermentation tanks, a bigger canning line plus space for dry and cold storage. “We’re in the midst of planning out our expansion now, which kind of surprised us because we weren’t planning to fill out this facility for probably five to seven years,” co-owner Kevin Quinn told the Yakima Herald in a feature on the expansion. Congrats to the gang, all of us look forward to yourcontinuing success.
Meanwhile, on the West end of the Yakima Valley region, Bron Yr Aur Brewing Company outside the town of Naches is barreling along to a September opening (we hope!) Follow their progress via their Facebook page.
In the meantime, you can stop by and enjoy their pizzas (love the BBQ pulled pork) plus the local and regional beers and ciders they have on tap in their adjoining restaurant. Wishing you all a wonderful Labor Day weekend. Keep the firefighters battling the wildfires in your thoughts and prayers.SHARE THIS:
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BEER TRIVIA AND FACTSHere’s
a compilation of fun, silly and interesting facts around beer, one of our favorite subjects along the Spirits and Hops Trail . Amaze your friends the next time you hoist a glass or two! * It was an accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride’s father would supply his son-in law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer, and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the “honey month”, or what we know today as the “honeymoon”.Cheers to that!
* Along that line, the word “bridal” comes from 19th century Englishmen, who took out their mates for a final “Bride Ale” the day before their wedding. * According to a diary entry from a passenger on the Mayflower, the pilgrims made their landing at Plymouth Rock, rather than continue to their destination in Virginia. Why? Lack of beer. * In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. When patrons got unruly, the bartender would yell at them to mind their pints and quarts and settle down. It’s where we get the phrase “mind yourP’s and Q’s”.
* In 1963, Jim Whitaker became the first American to reach the summit of Mt. Everest. A can of Seattle’s own Rainier Beer made the ascent with him. And guess where the hops came from in that beer? Yep,Yakima Valley!
* For some reason Bourbon is the official alcohol of the United States, by an act of Congress. Probably some zealous Senator from Kentucky made that happen! Wise folks have attempted to have that overturned in favor of beer instead over the years. With the exploding popularity of craft beers maybe it’s time to try again! * President Theodore Roosevelt took more than 500 gallons of beer with him on an African safari. Must have been thirsty work. Bully! * A beer barrel contains 31 gallons of beer. What we Americans refer to as a keg is actually 15.5 gallons, or a half-barrel. Either way, we sing “Roll out the barrels!” * Hops were used as early as 400 BC in Babylon. Historians think that the reason it was used as additive was for its antiseptic properties. You see, by adding hops brewers didn’t have to have high alcohol content to prevent spoilage. This meant less grains and therefore more profit. * Beer is the second most popular beverage in the world, coming in behind tea. We know which beverage is more fun to drink! * In Japan, beer is sold in vending machines, by street vendors and in the train stations. Time to book a trip I say! * If you collect beer bottles you’re a labeorphilist. * A beer lover or enthusiast is called a cerevisaphile. I wonder where they come up with these names? Now don’t you feel a bit more educated? (Source: BeerFestBoots . Check them out. They make cool custom beer boot glasses )SHARE THIS:
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CHECK OUT THE HOP-PORTUNITIES ON THE YAKIMA VALLEY!Hop-por·tu·ni·ty
_ __Noun: Hop-portunity; plural noun: Hop-portunities_ * A set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something involving hops. _Example:_ “We will see increased hop-portunities to enjoy craft beer. * _Synonyms: Favorable time, occasion, moment, right set of circumstances, opening, window (of hop-portunity), and possibility._ Now is the time to celebrate the hop harvest in the Yakima Valley, which grows 78% of the hops sold in the USA. Plan to attend three festivals celebrating the craft beer made from these Yakima Valley grown hops. Visit the only Hop Museum in the nation; learn about the historyof
growers in the valley. Take the hop-portunity to taste what the Yakima Valley brews. Visit Hop Nation Brewing Co.,
Yakima Craft Brewing Co., Bale Breaker Brewery, Snipes Mountain Brewery and Restaurant;
All craft breweries
located in the heart of hop country. And here are some events to enjoy our local craft brews: 9/12/2015 AMERICA ON TAP CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL: Downtown
Yakima 2pm-5pm. Showcasing over 100 releases from some of America’s best craft breweries! Attendees will sample beers in an atmosphere filled with live music, delicious food available for purchase, and great vendors. Standard Ticket $35 _*Ticket Prices Increase by $10 at the Door. _Include_: _3 Hours of Beer Sampling /Souvenir Sampling Glass/Live Music Entertainment. 10/3/2015 13TH ANNUAL FRESH HOP ALE FESTIVAL : 5 -10 p.m. Experience why this festival was voted as one of the top ten beer festivals in the nation; the original fresh hop beer festival, and still the best. Live music by Legs & Cracker Factory.Over 40 breweries,
over 100 beers to try, rare treats on the beer bike cruising around the festival, because we think that sometimes beer should come to you. Cheers! We know you love fresh hop beers, but sometimes your entourage is looking for something different. Local wineries such as Tieton Cider Works,
Gilbert Cellars
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Kana Winery
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Antolin Cellars
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Cellars
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Naches Heights Vineyard,
Swede Hill Distillery will also be pouring at the 2015 festival. Take advantage of these great hop-portunities to enjoy craft beverages from the heart of the hop world. (Thanks to our sister site YKM509 for letting us share this entry)SHARE THIS:
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NEWS ALONG THE YAKIMA VALLEY SPIRITS AND HOPS TRAIL Hope all of you are having a great summer and finding ways to beat the heat. Of course a nice brew or from the Yakima Valley may be a goodidea!
It’s been a busy month or two on the local craft beverage scene. Here’s the latest: * Tieton Cider Works keeps improving their new facility. They have bocce’ ball along with a great outdoor area perfect for summer outings. In addition, they’ve released newciders
including a smoked pumpkin cider. * The craft beverage makers in greater Yakima have banded together to develop a new marketing entity called Craft Beverage Yakima . Thirteen craft beverage makers from ‘gap to gap’ are part of the organization. Check them out! * If you have not been to the new Hop Nation Brewing Company in downtown Yakima do stop by and hoist a pint by Master Brewer Ben Grossman. What separates this brewery from others is their focus on Washington agricultural products, specifically Yakima Valley Hops and Columbia Valley grain, and their relationship to award winning beer. It offers a tasting room to share with you its tasty, fresh, and uniquely hand-crafted brews. The brewery and pub is located off of North First Street in a one hundred year old fruit packing warehouse that was last used to house hops. The décor is an homage to the hop industry and features quarter rounds, kilns, hop poles, and hop twine integrated in everything from the lighting to the bar. The first four beers on tap included a German style Hefeweizen, an Oat Pale Ale, an ESB, and an IPA. With clever names like ESBeotch and EGO IPA (which stands for Everybody’s Got One) & great taste, you’ll have to try one. * A partner with Hop Nation Brewing is HopTown Pizza , which cooks up mighty fine provides wood fired pizzas Wednesday through Saturday at Hop Nation. They’re a mobile wood fired pizza truck that also caters events and at other locations. They’re getting so popular that they’ve added a second truck to keep up with demand. They use all local ingredients in their food and of course, flavor the pies with a sprinkle of hops as an ode to their family history. (Porky Pine and Hop DaddyDo are myfavs).
As always, we’ll keep you posted of news and updates along the Spirits and Hops Trail. Enjoy!SHARE THIS:
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