This Saturday was supposed to be the Fresh Hop Ale Festival, one of the Yakima Valley’s biggest and wildest annual parties and a chance for beer lovers from near and far to taste highly perishable ...

Fresh hop ales are brewed during late August through October with just-picked hop cones — often used within 24 hours. Access is limited to a roughly six-week window and is often draft-only near hop ...

YAKIMA, Wash. -- Elizabeth Herres Miller invented the Fresh Hop Ale Festival, but she doesn’t remember exactly how many people attended the first one back in 2003. A Yakima Herald-Republic story ...

These beers are vibrant, bright, brimming with fresh green flavors, and are only available once a year. Fresh hop ales are brewed during late August through October with just-picked hop cones — often ...