Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. was so last month with their Beer Camp. I know but they also have a 2nd year ace up their sleeve in the Single, Fresh, Wet & Wild® Harvest Festival on Saturday, October 18, at its brewery in Chico, California.
Close to 50 breweries will bring beer(s) that fit into one of four categories:
- Single hop beers: Features only one hop variety
- Fresh hop beers: Uses dried hops that are picked, shipped and added to the brew kettle within weeks of hop harvest
- Wet hop beers: Uses un-dried hops that are picked, shipped and added to the brew kettle within days of hop harvest
- Wild hop beers: Features hops found untamed in nature. At the inaugural Single, Fresh, Wet & Wild, Sierra Nevada poured a beer made using wild hops from nearby Whitmore.
Tickets go on sale today and will set you back $75. But like the Firestone Invitational, this is the type of event that is worth it and is frankly on my bucket list as well. Especially if you are one of the hop fiends out there.