Edible Idaho

FRESH HOPPIN’ BEER: Idaho brewers rush to produce truly local, seasonal drink

• Photo by Guy Hand

  Hoptober Freshtival is the largest showcase of fresh hop beers in Idaho.

• You’re [typically] not looking for bitterness, you’re looking for this almost grassy, green chlorophyll type of zing and then that terroir of the actual location where they’re received

• Last year’s heist resulted in 150 pounds of fresh Chinook and Cascade hops from Obendorf Farms in Parma

• The team at Wallace Brewing in Silver Valley doesn’t have to go far for the vital ingredient in its fresh hop Vindicator IPA.

• Grand Teton Brewing Company crew drives nearly the entire length of southern Idaho in about seven hours to ensure fresh-picked hops make it into several different recipes cooking at their brewery.

• Idaho is one of the top three hop producers in the United States