Sweet Water Brewery Introduces New Fall Variety Pack

                     Sweet Water Brewery Introduces New Fall Variety Pack Dropping in Late August

                                                                      By:  Coren E. McLeod

Summer is coming to an end and Fall is just around the corner.  That makes me really excited when it comes to craft beer.  All of us #CraftbeerLovers get to drink some amazing ales and lagers....  

Well, Sweetwater Brewery will be coming out with their New Fall Variety Pack and the offerings in the pack are great.  Fans of craft beer can enjoy the breweries great beers such as Hash Session IPA and the great Hash Brown.

Make sure you keep an eye out for this variety pack hitting your local store soon!  I know I will be on the lookout for it as well.

Check out the ingredients and what the process is for Sweetwater to make their #HopHash:

Hash Session IPA

Debuted as a spring seasonal in 2016 – due to its popularity, SweetWater is bringing Hash Session IPA back as their newest year round brew!   At 4.2% ABV, this session IPA is both highly drinkable and flavorful. 

Malt Bill:  Kept light to allow the hops to shine through.   Maris Otter, Pilsner, Wheat, Midnight Wheat

Hops:  Dosed with a boatload of Amarillo Hop Hash for pungent floral, tropical citrusy fruit flavors and a one-of-a-kind chewy, gooey, resiny mouthfeel.   Bravo, Amarillo Hop Hash

Dry Hops:  A hefty dry hop enhances the potent aromas – Ahtanum gives it orange and grapefruit tones, Crystal for a little kick of spiciness, and El Dorado brings some pear and watermelon characteristics.  Ahtanum, El Dorado, Crystal

ABV:  4.2%

IBUs:  55

Available in:  6 pack 12 oz bottles, 15 pack (new!) 12 oz cans, carton 12 oz bottles, in Fall Variety Packs, and on draft

Hash Brown

This hop hash infused India Brown Ale debuted as SweetWater’s fall seasonal in 2015.  Resiny, citrusy hops spice up the rich chocolate and caramel notes from the malt mix. 

Malt Bill:   2-Row, Wheat, Pale Chocolate, Cara-Brown, Midnight Wheat

Hops:  Mandarina Bavaria, Bravo, Hop Hash, Simcoe, Centennial

ABV:  6.2%

IBUs:  60

Available in:  August – October 2016; 6 pack 12 oz bottles, case 12 oz bottles, 12 oz cans in Fall Variety Pack only, and on draft

What’s hop hash? 

SweetWater pioneered the usage of this little known ingredient, hop hash.   SweetWater’s brewers work with their hop suppliers to dig deep into the pelletizers, scrape them clean, and gather bricks of the leftover pure hop lupulin goodness.  They are harvesting a very concentrated form of hop resin, also known as hash, to cook up these brews that deliver a pungent punch to the palate.  SweetWater’s head brewer Nick Nock explains:  “Hop hash is the leftover resin that escaped from the hop cones going through the pelletizer, which is all too often ignored and left unused.   We’ve created some killer brew recipes using this sticky and potent ingredient; it’s been a blast to experiment with, and delivers the biggest hit of hop flavor possible.”

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