The first and only Advanced Cicerone in Washington state and assistant sensory scientist at John I. Haas Farms in Yakima, Ellensburg resident Rikki Welz brings her hop lab to the Grit & Grain Podcast. Employed by Iron Horse Brewery since March 2013, Welz worked her way from server to merchandise to distribution to running the brewery’s sensory panels and writing beer and food pairing stories on the Ellensburg brewery’s blog to quality control manager before heading a few miles south to Haas Farms where she now sniffs hops for a living. Tune-in to Grit & Grain Episode 34 to hear Welz’ explain what style Irish Death is, her job is at North America’s leading hops supplier, hear us smell hops on air, and much more.
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