Chasing the Freshest Beer

Proof

America's Test Kitchen

Society & Culture, Food, Arts

4.4 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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How far would you go to ensure the hops in your fresh hop IPAs are as fresh as humanly possible? The answer for one Denver-based brewery? Take advantage of the brewers’ pilot licenses. It’s a race against time in this week’s episode of Proof. Kate Bernot reports. Have an extra can of beer at home? Use it for dinner tonight to make a Grill-Roasted Beer Can Chicken. Get a 14-day free trial for an America’s Test Kitchen digital subscription at atkpodcast.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Please please please don't fast forward this will take exactly 12 seconds.
0:03.6	I Kevin Pang host the proof have a brand new book out called a very Chinese cookbook.
0:08.4	If you want to learn proper Chinese cooking, this is the book to get.
0:11.2	Again, it's called a very Chinese cookbook and it's out in stores now.
0:14.4	Okay, thanks, bye. Hey Kevin, what's new in your world?
0:24.0	This is Cape or not, Beer Reporter Extraordinare.
0:27.0	You might have seen her writing in publications across the country, including America's
0:31.3	Test Kitchen.com, and you've heard her on our episode about hangovers.
0:36.0	Well Kate, earlier this fall I kept seeing beers that said that they were made with
0:40.0	quote fresh hops or calling themselves fresh hop I.
0:44.3	Now I don't really drink beer but my friends who do
0:46.8	they were going nuts over these.
0:48.8	They said that these beers are pretty special.
0:51.2	They're quite rare.
0:52.4	Hops are harvested just once a year, usually in the late
0:56.1	summer or early fall. And then they're turned into dried pellets or oils that
1:00.4	brewers can use year-round. There's a good chance that if I bought an IPA from the grocery store right now,
1:06.0	it could have been brewed with hops that were harvested two years ago.
1:10.0	And they still taste great, but fresh hops?
1:12.0	Man, those are something different.
1:15.6	It's like using fresh basil instead of the dried stuff in a jar. The hop cone is picked
1:20.6	right off the plant and goes straight into the beer.
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