It was probably not organic, but showed what nice IPA can be made with the public domain hops available in Oregon. No Citra, Simcoe, Amarillo, Mosaic, etc on the label.
I agree that the organic hop selection is not what the conventional selection is but there is a good variety available even if you restrict your self to the pacific northwest (as long as you include northern cali and idaho in that region) The new american varieties aren’t as available although simcoe did just recently appear. But liberty, sterling, bravo, magnum…
New zealand on the other had has tons of organic options and oregon is sort of the pacific rim right?
check out 7 bridges if you haven’t already. they have a decent selection of american grown organic hops.
Am I the only one here who finds the thought of Denny developing recipes using Fuggles to be hilarious? 
Not at all!!!
He must have agreed to it before they told him what varieties they had :o
That’s a tough project. It’s a nice idea what they are trying to do but it sounds like they don’t have a good handle on those styles to think those three varieties will fit the bill.
Would they be open to making an English-style barleywine instead of one of the pale ale variants? That could easily be done with the options available to you.
I find it both hilarious and disturbing. I told the guy my thoughts on Fuggles, but I also said I’d help him make the best beer he could with what he has to use. God have mercy on my soul…
Never say never. In your new recipe book, the La Cumbre Elevated IPA has Nelson as a dry hop. I normally loath Nelson, but I loved that beer in NM.
That’s pretty much my attitude, Jeff. Make the best of it because that’s what they’re paying me to do!
I got my hop contract for 2014 crop.
I will also buy some local hops.