Portland, OR -- Little Beast Brewing today announces the upcoming release of four new beers
throughout the month of September. Three of the beers are sour ales, of which one is also a
fresh hop beer, available in limited 16oz 4-packs and draft. The fourth beer, available on draft
only, is a fresh hop IPA collaboration with Our Mutual Friend Brewing from Denver, Colorado.
Sparkle Horn and Treasure Hunter - September 11th, 5:00pm
Sparkle Horn Nectarine Sour and Treasure Hunter Sour Session IPA are both sour ales
available on draft and in limited 16oz cans. The beers are soured naturally during two distinct
fermentations--the first with lactobacillus, and the second with saccharomyces, which is added
to the first fermentation during high krausen. Each beer has varying levels of acidity and are
unfiltered and unpasteurized when canned.
With 500 pounds of fresh fruit from Parkdale, on the North side of Mt. Hood, added to the beer,
Sparkle Horn Nectarine Sour Ale is full of stone fruit flavor. At 5.5% ABV the beer is light and
zippy, with a soft and delicate tartness that complements the fruit. From one batch of beer, the
brewery packaged 100 cases and limited kegs, which will be sold at Little Beast’s SE Portland
pub and in a handful of bottle shops in Oregon and Washington. Four-packs cost $20.
Treasure Hunter, a sour session IPA, is the brewery’s newest seasonal release. Of the sour
ales released this month from Little Beast, Treasure Hunter has the most pronounced tartness.
The lemony acidity mingles nicely with the flavors of pineapple and stone fruit that comes from
dry hopping the beer with El Dorado and Simcoe hops. Treasure Hunter is available until
January and replaces Wolf Camp Hoppy Saison in Little Beast’s seasonal rotation.
Green-Eyed Monster - September 18th, 5:00pm
Green-Eyed Monster is a fresh hop sour ale brewed in collaboration with New Seasons Market,
and represents the first of two fresh hop beers this year from Little Beast. Crosby Hop Farm’s
Centennial fresh hops were added on the hot side in the whirlpool, and the beer is wet hopped
with Crosby’s fresh Comet hops. Similar to Sparkle Horn and Treasure Hunter, the beer
undergoes a natural souring process. The acidity levels were dialed back a bit in order to create
a balance between the fleeting melon-like characteristics of fresh hops. Cans of Green-Eyed
Monster can be found in every Oregon and Washington New Seasons Market shortly after the
release of the beer. Highly limited draft and cans are also available at the Little Beast year
round beer garden.
Fresh Hop IPA - Release Date TBA
Brewed in collaboration with Our Mutual Friend Brewing in Denver, Colorado, the recipe for the
beer was written by OMF co-founder Jan Chodkowski and highlights ingredients only from
Oregon and Washington. The malt bill includes pale, pilsner, wheat, and Munich malts from
Skagit Valley Malting in Washington and Mecca Grade from Madras, Oregon. Jan and Charles
both have a love of Amarillo hops so they picked up fresh Amarillos directly from Crosby Hop
Farm in Woodburn, Oregon, and added them to the whirlpool just hours after leaving the farm.
The beer will tap at the LIttle Beast pub the moment the beer is ready. Stay up to date on the
release of this beer by following Little Beast on social media.
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About Little Beast:
Founded by partners in life and work, Charles Porter and Brenda Crow, Little Beast is a family brewery with a passion
for making great beer and sharing it with others. We craft wild, wood-aged, and blended beer naturally with diverse
cultures, including Saccharomyces, Brettanomyces, Lactobacillus, and wild flora. By harnessing the little beasts that
ferment our beer, we capture their untamed beauty and produce farmhouse beers that are diverse in flavor and rare
in character.
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