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Chris Baum of Varietal is Hyperfocused on Hops


Once you stay and work in Yakima Valley, hops turn out to be a lifestyle. They’re second nature, omnipresent, and a continuing subject of dialog—in any case, lots of the patrons of craft breweries within the Yakima Valley are the identical people who develop, course of, examine, and promote them. As such, Varietal Beer’s deal with brewing with hops has picked up momentum as followers flock to their taproom—about half-hour south of the town of Yakima—to drink their delicate, nuanced, and delightful IPAs and contemporary hop beers.

The trade has seen, too, with two latest GABF silver medals in juicy robust pale and contemporary hop classes circa ’21 and ’22. On this episode, Baum discusses:

  • designing hoppy beers that aren’t confrontational
  • brewing IPA with 100% craft malt, and barley varieties that complement sure kinds
  • balancing and reaching bitterness and construction in IPA
  • manipulating pH to melt bitterness
  • balancing cryo hops with “American Noble” low-alpha hops
  • the great thing about Comet hops
  • variations in brewing with fresh-kilned hops and pelletized T-90’s
  • contemporary hop brewing course of

And extra.

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