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State University, Corvallis. His most successful
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development was a hop variety called Cascade, bred
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This aroma hop (its parentage includes the English
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Fuggle, the Russian Serebrianka, and an unknown
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brewing industry that sprang to life in the following
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s ll pre y young, almost every IPA was characterized
by the floral and citrusy aromas of Cascade hops, with
notes of grapefruit and pine needles. In the following
years, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington became the
most important hop-growing region globally. And
new breweries were founded here, too: The late
English beer writer and historian Michael Jackson
credits Sco sh-American brewer Bert Grant, the “ale
master” from the hop-growing town Yakima, with
establishing the Northwest style of a hoppier IPA
The pacific northwest and beer style in 1982. In Sea le, Charkes Finkel started
We have talked about Germany’s fame as the home impor ng – and later brewing – specialty beers, Paul
of beer culture – and there is similar fame for the Shipman launched Redhook in Fremont, and the
Pacific Northwest as the home of cra beer culture. Widmer Brothers founded the brewery bearing their
This has a lot to do with the development of new hop name in Portland. But it is not all about hops here: In
varie es in this region. Alfred Haunold, an Austrian recent years, Portland has won fame as the home of
gene cist, moved to the US in the 1950s to work at strong beers from "Hair of the Dog" and sour beers
the United States Department of Agriculture, Oregon from "Cascade Brewing", to name a few.