Episode 384 - Single Hop Butcher

ABV Chicago Craft Beer Podcast

If only there was some relevant reason to do our first Hop Butcher show in a year...oh yeah! They released four single-hopped hazy beers! Well, there’s that and the whole “purchasing the Half Acre Lincoln taproom to convert into their own space later this year” thing. We talk with our friend Jeremiah Zimmer from Hop Butcher for the World for a good while about the surprising taproom purchase, from what greased the wheels on the deal to what kinds of plans they have with a tentative late-October opening date. We also get real nerdy about hop acquisition, why different hop lots can make all the difference, and how the Suez Canal blockage is holding back a choice batch of hops. We also talk about how the Smashing Pumpkins collaboration came to be, and who those two handsome gentlemen might be welcoming you to the Hop Butcher taproom in the future. And that’s not all, because the rest of the episode is dedicated to us tasting through four single-hop hazies while expanding on the 311 mythos that surrounds this show. (Welcome to our Mt. Rushmore, P-Nut.)

Jeremiah Zimmer Interview (0:11:35 - 1:04:40)

Beers Reviewed

Beef Dipped (Simcoe-hopped Double IPA)

Snorkel Squad (Citra-hopped IPA)

Lord Octopus (Mosaic-hopped Double IPA)

Soul Head (Strata-hopped IPA)