Boulevard Brewing Co. is bottling up the third release in its "Backroads" series of beers, called Last Splash Wet-Hopped Ale.
As the name implies, the beer is wet-hopped, which means it uses hops fresh off the vine without being processed. It results in a seasonal type of beer because most hops are harvested in the fall.
Boulevard used 1,500 pounds of freshly harvested nuggets when it brewed the beer on Oct. 2. The hops were added to the fermentation tanks in a process that is ironically known…
Boulevard Brewing Co. is bottling up the third release in its "Backroads" series of beers, called Last Splash Wet-Hopped Ale.
As the name implies, the beer is wet-hopped, which means it uses hops fresh off the vine without being processed. It results in a seasonal type of beer because most hops are harvested in the fall.
Boulevard used 1,500 pounds of freshly harvested nuggets when it brewed the beer on Oct. 2. The hops were added to the fermentation tanks in a process that is ironically known…