Simcoe Salad

We're back with the 20/21 Salad Series. You know how we do: we control all the variables -- the malt, the yeast, the mash temp, the fermentation profile, etx -- and only change the hops so that we can amplify a single lot of a single varietal from a single growing season. Hops are responsive to their environment and each lot has subtle differences if you take the time and huff the shit out of them (these are technical terms). Hop selection last season was kind of a bummer because we didn't get a road trip out of it, but we did come away with a fantastic lot of Simcoe. Whereas our 2019 lot was all pine-sol and diesel -- notes that we look for and often expect in the Simcoe varietal -- the 2020 lot we selected leaned much more towards tropical expressions. To us, this one is all pineapple, but it still retains a little bit of that sticky-icky. It's amazing how different Simcoe can be from year to year and lot to lot, and our 2020 selection highlights that diversity within this amazing varietal. Drink more salad! Show Less