{"id":22597,"date":"2019-07-26T08:00:49","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T15:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/?p=22597"},"modified":"2019-08-05T09:25:18","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T16:25:18","slug":"beer-of-the-week-keep-it-simcoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/2019\/07\/26\/beer-of-the-week-keep-it-simcoe\/","title":{"rendered":"Beer of the Week: Keep It Simcoe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From the Beer Writer: <\/strong>I am a big fan of single-hop beers. I enjoy the opportunity to experience a hop varietal on its own so that I can better understand how each contributes to hop blends in standard IPAs and other beers with rich, layered hop bills. Numerous local breweries produce single-hop beers, but some of my favorite come from Carlsbad’s Burgeon Beer Co.<\/a><\/strong> Their “Keep It” series of quarterly-released single-hop IPAs utilize four fan-favorite hops. The current edition focuses on Simcoe, a vital varietal offering a combination of citrus (lemon rind, orange zest) and pine on the nose and palate, augmented by a hint of rangy, earthy, spicy cattiness that, to me, sets this hop apart. It’s like having a red sauce or curry where there’s some outlier spice that takes it somewhere beyond the norm, and for me, that’s what sets Simcoe apart. That quality is on full-yet-balanced display in this beer, making it ever bit the standout that its featured hop is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the Brewer: <\/strong>“Simcoe is absolutely one of my favorite hops so it was inevitable that we launched our single-hopped IPA ‘Keep It’ series with that varietal. The first in the rotation of four seasonally-released, single-hopped West Coast IPAs\u2014Simcoe, Mosaic, Nelson and Citra. Within this series, we aim to utilize whole-leaf, pelletized and Cryo hops whenever possible to provide a different sort of depth to the hop flavor and aroma experience. In Keep It Simcoe, we used whole-leaf hops in the mash, then both pellets and cryo in the whirpool and dry-hop. This trifecta has provided us a beautifully fruity profile exhibiting sweet grapefruit, citrus and slight pine notes.”\u2014Anthony Tallman<\/strong>, Head Brewer, Burgeon Beer Co.<\/em>
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From the Beer Writer: I am a big fan of single-hop beers. I enjoy the opportunity to experience a hop varietal on its own so that I can better understand how each contributes to hop blends in standard IPAs and other beers with rich, layered hop bills. Numerous local breweries produce single-hop beers, but some […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":22608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4904,1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-22597","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-beer-of-the-week","8":"category-san-diego-beer-beverage-news","9":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/botw_bkis.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1","wps_subtitle":"The standout hop that launched Burgeon Beer\u2019s quartet of single-hopped IPAs","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdtr4y-5St","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}