10/23/2026
‼NEW B**R ALERT🚨⚠️
We are excited to announce our first ever Fresh Hop B**r, Fresh Trick Pony! Fresh Hops are taken straight from the bine at the moment of perfect ripeness. Typically, when hops are picked, they are dried to preserve freshness, pelletized, packaged, and can be stored cold for up to 6 years. While this is an incredibly stable and consistent process, the mild heat used to dry hops can change the oils and resins that give hops their subtle flavors and aromas as it drives out the moisture. Compare this to dried herbs and those picked fresh from the garden: both are delicious, but there are differences in expression between them.
Working with Fresh Hops has its own troubles. Because of the high moisture content, we have to use 10 times more than the usual weight of pellets. Additionally, because they are picked fresh, the hops start to wilt and break down once picked and must be used within 24 hours. It's because of the logistical challenge and cost associated with shipping hundreds of pounds of hops 3000 miles across the country on an 18 wheeler that we have never made a Fresh Hop B**r... UNTIL NOW!
Thanks to the folks at and their new product line of CGXNuvo hops, we are able to bring Fresh Hop flavor to YOU! CGXNuvo is cryogenically processed to extract the oils and resins from the Fresh Hops, locking in all the flavors and aromas of fresh-picked hops creating a concentrated, stable product that can be easily shipped, stored, and infused into our new b**r: Fresh Trick Pony!
Fresh Trick Pony is an Imperial IPA featuring Centennial CGXNuvo. We went with a higher ABV to be able to extract as much fresh oil from the hops as possible, giving the b**r a wide, deep, resinous hop expression. The differences between fresh and dried hops are subtle, but unmistakable, like listening to an mp3 through headphones vs vinyl through an amplifier. Fresh Trick Pony has the similar bright orange/marmalade, pine resin notes as her namesake, but they are turned up PAST 11. Fresh Trick Pony is the perfume of wildflower honey, sun-brightened pine needles in Rocky Mountain air, and walking through an orange grove.
