In my hand—and my beer—is a sampling of fresh Chinook hops. 

We received an overnight shipment from upstate New York at the brewery today and are all set to brew a wet hop beer with the little suckers tomorrow. 

This is my first time being in contact with wet/fresh hops and the aromas are crazy!  While our cooler normally smells pretty hoppy, as soon as I opened the door I was pummeled with a intense and grassy bitter aroma from the giant sack of hops waiting to be put to use tomorrow. 

Also, after letting a cone saturate in a glass of our IPA for a few minutes I squeezed out the bud and was treated to a wonderfully aromatic and edgy bite.  If a smattering of fresh cones is this tasty, I’m highly anticipating brewing with 50-plus pounds of the stuff tomorrow.