"hops" (Creative Commons License) photo credit: ripplestone garden
One place to keep up on what’s new, dark, and different this time of year is the Latona Pub (6423 Latona Ave. N.E.). The Green Lake establishment makes room for beer geeks and regular folk alike, with knowledgeable but never beerier-than-thou service, a classic and well-executed menu, and a rotating tap of the very best of what’s going on in beer in this region right now. And during their recent hop harvest celebration, they “Randallized” a few brews for increased hop delivery.
The Randall is buzzing right now. This device is basically a way to make a hop speedball out of any beer. It goes between the keg or cask and the tap, and you pack it with fresh hops, through which passes the already brewed beer. The result adds an herbal-tea element to the beer, in that you get these freshly released aromas from a variety of hops. If you see this advertised at a bar near you, try it out.
