One of the things I really love about fall are fresh hop harvest ales — the perfect panacea for a craft beer-loving Cleveland Browns fan.

By my totally unscientific calculations, It’s been about the past five years or so that craft brewers have really embraced the virtues of making fresh hop ales — and getting them on the market ASAP so we can enjoy the ultra fresh aroma and flavors newly picked varieties of the humulus lupulus plant imparts on to our favorite beverage.

To honor the hop harvest, Boise’s best beer bar, Bittercreeek Alehouse (246 N. 8th Street) currently has nine such fresh hop ales on tap. Sweet.

The roster of fresh hop ales includes the Deschutes Hop Trip, Beer Valley Fresh Hop Leafer Madness (on cask and CO2!), Laughing Dog Fresh Hop Ale and the Full Sail Lupulin.

Maybe I am a victim of marketing or something, but fresh hop ales just taste rawer and wilder to me — more organic or something. Judging by the number of these specialty beers that keep popping up, I am not the only fan.

This is an excellent example of why Bittercreeek Alehouse is the best beer bar in town. So stop by, grab a pint, and enjoy.