The Tasmanian hop harvest started this week with the now annual picking of hops for Cascade’s First Harvest Ale.

The Foster’s-owned brewery describes Cascade First Harvest as “a celebration of the freshest and best of the Tasmanian harvest and uses only the first hops and barley of the season.”

“It was the first beer produced in Australia to use freshly harvested ‘green’ hops in its brew and is still the only one of its type crafted in Tasmania.”

This year the hops were picked at the Bushy Park Estate in the picturesque Derwent Valley yesterday, 3^rd of March, and were added to the kettle at the Cascade Brewery on the very same day.

More info:

http://www.brewsnews.com.au/2010/03/cascade-hop-harvest/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AustralianBrewsNews+%28Australian+Brews+News%29&utm_content=Netvibes