The Bluntrock Journal — Hops

George's Diary of his Trip to the Oregon Hop Selection 2025 The Journey After a bumpy flight I landed in Portland at 17:30. Having never been to the US before, the first thing I noticed is that everything is just bigger than it is in the UK. The cars, the roads, the people, everything. Would you believe it... Just two doors down from the Air BnB there is a brewery called Stormbreaker Brewery, and they have 3 fresh hop beers on next door. Perfect. After some beers there we went off to Loyal Legion. Will (from Brewers Select) had a...

Back in September George was invited by one of our key suppliers, Loughran Brewers Select, to join them and fellow brewers at Cloudwater Brewing Co (Manchester) on a trip out to the Indie Hops & Crosby Hops farms, in Oregon, USA. Together they flew out for the beginning of this years hop harvest, to tour the farms, learn about everything that Indie & Crosby Hops have to offer respectively, and to have the first pick of the freshest hop varieties to bring home to brew with in 2026. This is George’s account of his trip, interviewed by Digby at Loughran…...