Fresh Hop Season has been creeping along, and it is just about to hit full speed. If you aren’t headed out to Yakima this weekend, then you should head to The Noble Fir this Saturday for the 8th Annual Fresh Hop Throwdown.

This year, we are doing a Seattle vs. Portland throwdown. There will be around 20 fresh hop beers on tap, including some fun stuff from Portland breweries that don’t typically make it up this way.

The doors open at 3pm, and there will be a judging earlier in the day to determine the top 3 fresh hop ales in the lineup.

Good times will be had. Fresh hop beers will be drank.

Participating breweries include:

From Seattle:
Holy Mountain
Cloudburst
Reuben’s
Georgetown
Stoup
Hellbent
Jellyfish
Rooftop
Lucky Envelope
Lagunitas Ballard
Maritime Pacific

From Portland:
Breakside
Laurelwood
Coalition
Mt. Tabor
Level
StormBreaker
Gigantic
Hopworks
Ecliptic
Zoiglhause