Happy New Year! We have decided to jump into beer year 2009 with great vigor by hosting at our Taprooms a first-time event: IPA Festival 2009 — Ten Days, 10 IPAs!
Ten different types of India Pale Ale will be poured at the same time for ten days at each or our Taprooms. The Taproom kitchens will prepare several specialty dishes designed to pair with India Pale Ales in a way that enhances the overall imbibing experience. Special half-pint drink cards with punches for all ten IPA styles will be available for purchase and a complimentary Baird Beer pint glass or poster (customer choice) will be given to all customers who complete the card within the ten-day festival time frame (cards purcahsed at the Fismarket Taproom can only be used at the Fishmarket Taproom). Festival dates are as follows:
Fishmarket Taproom: Wednesday, January 7 through Saturday, January 17 (Closed on Tuesday, January 13)
Nakameguro Taproom: Saturday, January 17 through Monday, January 26
The ten IPAs to be served are listed below:
Teikoku IPA (ABV 6.0%; IBU 54; Bitter/Flavor Hops – Warrior, Nugget, Horizon; Aroma/Dry Hops – Glacier & Vanguard): This Baird year-round IPA is a sort of English/American hybrid.
Obama’s New Era IPA (ABV 6.4%; IBU 55; Bitter/Flavor Hops – Galena, Sterling, Glacier; Aroma/Dry Hops – Vanguard, Sterling, Glacier): This American-style IPA is full of hope and promise. (Served as Real Ale on Handpump).
Imperial Glory IPA (ABV 6.0%; IBU 50; Bitter/Flavor Hops – Nugget; Aroma/Dry Hops – Fuggle): This English-style IPA helps explain British 19th century imperial greatness (Served as Real Ale on Handpump).
Columbus IPA (ABV 6.7%; IBU 64; Bitter/Flavor Hops – Columbus; Aroma/Dry Hops – Columbus): This single-hop IPA is pungently bold.
Horizon IPA (ABV 6.7%; IBU 64; Bitter/Flavor Hops – Horizon; Aroma/Dry Hops – Horizon): This single-hop IPA is cleanly and crisply bitter.
Brewmaster’s Nightmare Rye IPA (ABV 6.5%; IBU 60; Bitter/Flavor Hops – Warrior, Simcoe, Columbus; Aroma/Dry Hops – Santiam, Simcoe, Columbus): This IPA brewed with malted rye is delightfully spicy and peppery.
Citrus IPA (ABV 8.0%; IBU 65; Bitter/Flavor Hops – Simcoe, Nugget, Centennial; Aroma/Dry Hops – Ahtanum, Cascade, Centennial, Simcoe): This IPA is brewed with the fresh juice and peels of Heda mikans.
Bitter Cold Day Black IPA (ABV 6.6%; IBU 90; Bitter/Flavor Hops – Warrior, Simcoe, Columbus; Aroma/Dry Hops – Glacier, Ahtanum, Columbus, Simcoe): This IPA is midnight black in color and bitter as the cold winter air.
Hatsujozo 2009 Double IPA (ABV 8.1%; IBU 85; Bitter/Flavor Hops – Warrior, Centennial, Columbus; Aroma/Dry Hops – Amarillo, Columbus, Centennial): This Double IPA is a mammoth flavor experience in all respects.
Kinshu Domei Double IPA (ABV 8.0%; IBU 80; Bitter/Flavor Hops – Warrior, Simcoe, Nugget; Aroma/Dry Hops – Horizon, Glacier, Simcoe): This Double IPA will turn teetotalers into closet drinkers.
India Pale Ale is perhaps the signature beer style of the craft beer movement. Mark you calendar and plan on joining us for what promises to be an outrageous and unruly orgy of IPAs!
Cheers!
Bryan Baird
