From Wild Leap:
Three Harvest Double IPA is back with a new summer crop of hydroponically grown Cascade hops. In collaboration with hydroponic hop farm Extreme Hops AL, Wild Leap’s Three Harvest Double IPA uses wet hops directly off the hop bines. The summer release of Three Harvest hits shelves today.
Wild Leap stepped into the world of hydroponic hops a little over a year ago when approached
by Head Hop Farmer at Extreme Hops AL, Ralf DuToit. “When Ralf approached us with his hop
project, asking us to test the first harvest of his hydroponic hops, we couldn’t believe it,” says
Wild Leap Co-Founder and CEO, Anthony Rodriguez. “Hydroponic hop farms in the U.S. are far
and few between and generally produce a limited amount of hops. After we tested a small
batch, we knew this was the start of something truly unique.”
Three Harvest is a well-balanced double IPA brewed with wet, unkilned whole cone Cascade
hops. Harvested for immediate introduction into the kettle, the use of traditional Cascade hops
gives Three Harvest notes of pine and grapefruit flavors. Thick in body similar to other Wild
Leap Double IPAs, Three Harvest clocks in at 8.2% ABV.
“Three Harvest is the first beer to come out of our hydroponic hop journey with Extreme Hops
AL and it’s nowhere near the last,” says Wild Leap’s Chief Brewing Officer, Chris Elliott. “We’ve
been working with Ralf and a research team out of Auburn University on best practices and
methods when working with hydroponic hops. We’re adding different cultivations and strains of
hops over the next few growing seasons, so consumers can expect our flavor profiles to expand
in the near future.”
Named after the minimum number of harvests it can produce each year, Three Harvest Double
IPA bypasses the constraints of growing season to produce fresh hop beers off-season. Three
Harvest is available today at Wild Leap for curbside pickup in six-packs and crowlers as well as
for sale at your favorite retailers throughout Georgia this week. The summer release of Three
Harvest Double IPA will be available for a limited time.
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