Portland, Oregon is one of America’s best cities for beer...especially if you’re looking for amazing, super fresh beers.
And there’s no greater example of fresh beer than the one I tried today from Gigantic Brewing Company.
Today I have their Sodbusted IX: The Rise of Simcoe, a fresh hop IPA made with all Simcoe hops. The team at Gigantic went out to Sodbuster Farms to hand pick each and every hop used for this beer. How fresh are these hops? It was less than 45 minutes from field to brewery...that’s ridiculously fresh!
The Rise of Simcoe is packaged in 500 mL bottles (16.