Thora Crusher

Thora Crusher is our brewery’s ode to Thora (formerly known as HQG4), a brand new public hop variety developed by USDA-ARS in collaboration with the Hop Quality Group. The first variety to debut from this joint effort, Thora is a milestone for public hop breeding as it is not only agronomically strong and IP-free, but also bursting with a thiol-driven tropical character that defines modern hop-forward beer. On the nose the beer presents passionfruit, guava, and ripe stone fruit upfront, while a waft of grapefruit citrus and a slightly resinous, dank backbone keeps it grounded. A dry, bright finish makes this pale ale exactly what the name implies, a crusher!