Track Brewing Co have launched a new project, Cultivate, an ongoing collection of releases exploring beer as a product of agriculture.
To showcase the inimitable quality of their hand selected hop varieties, Track have brewed a beer for each, containing just that hop, and named after the farm that grew them. So, first up are Carpenter, Newhouse, and Westwood.
Carpenter Ranches are a six-generation farm in Granger, Washington. Founder Charles Carpenter planted the first hops in the Yakima Valley in 1868. Carpenter’s Citra hops have been chosen for a 7% ABV DDH IPA for their aromatic intensity, leaning hard into the variety’s signature grapefruit character, with accompanying orange pith freshness and passionfruit pungency.
Dan Newhouse is a third-generation farmer in the Yakima Valley, where his grandfather began raising cattle more than 100 years ago before moving into hop production in the 1940s. His son Devon and daughter-in-law Halley now manage day-to-day operations on the 850-acre farm. Track chose Newhouse’s Centennial for its bright lime, prominent pine resin, and dank notes, “all with less of the earthiness and spice we got from other lots”.
John and Liz Coleman launched Westwood Farms in Gervais, Oregon, last year as the latest chapter in a seven-generation, 175-year history of agriculture in the area. Their practices support clean waterways, healthy soils, and the trusted relationships that connect farmers, brewers, and partners across their industry. Their Mosaic was chosen for its deep tropicality and unmatched complexity, pronounced sweet mango and pineapple aromas are followed by notes of rose, blueberry, and cassis.
