Fresh Beer! The most appealing aspect of craft beer is being able to provide a glass of our favorite beverage at the peak of freshness.

The Great Crescent Brewery is working with a local farmer to cultivate hops that will become a portion of our annual hop supply. He planted the following varieties this year - Willamette, Goldings and Glacier.

The hop plants will take about 3 years to begin producing amounts large enough to supply breweries in the local area. There may be enough at the end of this first season to make a special batch of IPA with fresh hops - here's some pictures of the hops on the vine from the end of July 2009.