No joke - Hop Dudes be taking 3 coins every trip around the table (and even though there are only 3 Dukes, all 6 of us have one?)(iykyk).  One of the most fun parts of traveling to hop harvest each season is hanging with the Japan fam.  Beyond the various rounds of scratch and sniff and hobnob/mingling/meet ups, there are those evenings where copious volumes of various elixirs and (in the case of NZ) supermarket charcuterie trays are accompanied by… some friendly competition.  This year in our travels we had the chance to visit Pikimai Farms for the first time - and it was impressive.  Every variety being punchy both on the bine and out of the bag, we had to find a way to get some of these goodies Japan side.  The Hop Dukes is a collabo with our selection comrades at Sakamichi Brewing, a WC IPA with a shared drop of 2026 Pikimai NZ Chinook (absolutely fantastic) and a hit of our 2025 Hollingbery selected Citra, a fitting pairing as the HB boys were the ones who hooked us up with the hops this time around.  ATV jaunts around the farm produced this refined WC IPA, with vibrant tropical notes of pineapple and passionfruit and hits of bright citrus and soft melon.