WARPED – West Coast IPA

WARPED
West Coast IPA  – 6.3%
4PK – 16oz Cans

WE BACK, BABY! “WARPED” is our newest WCIPA, brewed in collaboration with our sweetheart buds @parallelbrewing. We both got pretty beat up during the storm, but we’re very happy to be co-releasing this beer, so if you happen to be out in Boone, you should go check out their taproom and slam a few pints!

Well, before Hurricane Helene, we had planned a big “Warped Tour”-themed party for our 1-Year Anniversary of our Durham taproom and had this beer sitting and ready for packaging. It was a v Sadly, life had other plans, but we made some calculated moves during the shutdown and the beer was not lost!

Mashed with a base of 100% @riverbendmalt, comprised of Chesapeake Pilsner and a dash of Chit Malt to keep it super simple and let the hops shine. We then hit it very hard in the Kettle and Whirlpool with some EXTRA CHOICE Nelson Sauvin and Motueka, then fermented it low and slow with our House Ale yeast before spunding for maximum natural carbonation. We then dry-hopped it once, but very aggressively with more EXTRA CHOICE Nelson Sauvin and a very fat dose of Waimea Hop Kief. Parallel Brewing works closesly with @freestylefarms for Southern Hemisphere hop selection (and Hop Kief!), so of course we took advantage of their expertise and boy, oh boy, are we happy with the results!

We experience tidal waves of dank and grassy fruit salad, some Passionfruit and Lime juice poured atop a bowl of fresh Grapes, somebody ripping live-rosin in a very small room, fresh-cut Pineapple wedges dipped in Orange Julius, and enough pine-resin-dankness to keep that palate dry and fully-quenched at the same time. We’re so damn jazzed on this one, y’all, for real.