Fresh or Wet Hop Beer - Craft Beer Monkey

Color: Varies with underlying style

Clarity: Chill haze is acceptable at low temperatures. Hop haze is allowable at any temperature.

Perceived Malt Aroma & Flavor: Varies with underlying style

Perceived Hop Aroma & Flavor: Fresh hop aroma and flavor is prominent exhibiting a chlorophyll-like fresh mowed hay/grass quality or other fresh hop character Perceived Bitterness:Varies with underlying style

Fermentation Characteristics: Fruity-estery aroma is dependent on the ale style being made with fresh hops

Body: Varies with underlying style

Additional Notes:

These ales are hopped with freshly harvested hops either undried (wet) or kilned (dried). These beers are typically consumed while fresh to highlight bright fresh hop attributes. Aging these beers will typically modify and reduce fresh-hop characters resulting in unique flavor outcomes.

When using these guidelines as the basis for evaluating entries at competitions, brewers may be asked to provide supplemental information about entries in this category to allow for accurate evaluation of diverse entries. Such information might include the underlying beer style upon which the entry is based, or other information unique to the entry such as hop varieties used, wet or kilned, processing or timing of addition(s) (kettle, whirlpool, fermenter, aging tank, etc.),other ingredients used or other factors which influence perceived sensory outcomes.

Color SRM (EBC): Varies with style
ABV: Varies with style %
IBU: Varies with style
AE - Apparent Extract: Varies with style
OG - Original Gravity: Varies with style