Craft Beer--Beer Events Calendar--Information
Hoppy’s fifth brewery visit in Anchorage was at King Street Brewing. They began in October, 2011 and expanded into a newly built facility in July of 2018. It is a three story 21,000 square foot establishment with the brewery located on the first floor. There is seating available on all three floors as well as on a deck on the third floor. While there, Hoppy enjoyed a King Street IPA with 6% ABV and 60 IBU.
The next stop for Hoppy was at a brewery rated as one of the best in the world, Anchorage Brewing. Gabe Fletcher, an owner and the head brewer, is noted for his use of Brettanomyces, which is a wild yeast, often referred to as Brett. It adds what is described as a somewhat sour, funky taste to beer. After sampling the house brews, Hoppy decided to partake of a Lilith’s Brethren Hazy Double IPA at 8.4% ABV and a Gutted Belgian Dark Strong Ale at 10% ABV.
Hoppy’s next stop was at Midnight Sun Brewing where he quaffed a Pleasure Town IPA clocking in at 6.3% ABV and 61 IBU. In the past he has also enjoyed their Sockeye Red IPA, 5.7% ABV, 70 IBU and Pany Peeler Belgian Tripel, 8.5% ABV, 15 IBU. They are also well known for their barrel-aged stouts and barley wines.
Hoppy’s second brewery visit in Anchorage was at the Glacier Brewhouse. They began brewing in 1996 and all of their brews are brewed in house. Hoppy drank a flight of five different IPAs. These were as follows: Cask Conditioned IPA 6.35% ABV, 60 IBU; India Pale Ale 6.35% ABV, 55 IBU; Red Rye IPA 7.14% ABV, 65 IBU; Blackberry IPA 7.38% ABV, 58 IBU and Tangerine IPA 4.4% ABV 40 IBU.
Hoppy is off on another beer adventure! This time it includes Anchorage, Alaska and Tacoma, Washington. The first stop in Anchorage was at Broken Tooth Brewing at Moose’s Tooth Pub and Pizzeria. The brewery was originally named Moose’s Tooth, as well, but the name was changed for business purposes. The pizzeria was ranked as the third best pizzeria in the United States in 2015. (The entity also operates Bear Tooth Theartrepub and Bear Tooth Grill in Anchorage.) Broken Tooth, Moose’s Tooth and Bear Tooth are all peaks in the Denali National Park of the Alaska Range. Hoppy quaffed a YellowEye P.A. (an IPA) with a 7.8% ABV and 74 IBU.
Hoppy visited some of his friends at Crazy Horse Hops on Tuesday. It is the largest hop farm in Indiana and one of the largest in the Midwest. It is located in Knightstown. This year’s harvest has begun with Cascade and Chinook hops.
It is Hoppy’s favorite time of the year. Be on the lookout for fresh/wet hop ales from your favorite breweries. You can find more information here.
Pictures from the visit follow:
