Just received an email from a PR Firm in San Diego filling me in on the details of the upcoming Green Flash / Founders Collab. These are two of my favorite breweries, so I really hope I get a chance at trying this!
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SAN DIEGO & MICHIGAN CRAFT BEER INNOVATORS BOND OVER NEW BREW
GREEN FLASH BREWING CO. CRAFTS COMPLEX COLLABORATION WITH FOUNDERS BREWING COMPANY
LINCHPIN WHITE IPA
Limited Release to Debut During Craft Brewers Conference in San Diego – May 2012
San Diego, CA - April 12, 2012 Green Flash Brewing Co. announces that they have partnered with like-minded Michigan brewer, Founders Brewing Co. to produce a first-time, limited release called Linchpin White IPA.
The Brewmasters from each celebrated craft brewery—Chuck Silva (Green
Flash) and Jeremy Kosmicki (Founders) assembled privately last month
in San Diego to develop the beer, and it will debut during the Craft
Brewers Conference in San Diego and move on to limited release beginning
May 2012. These well matched breweries have been individually brewing
up several of the world’s top flavor-forward ales and have now come
together to collaborate on an uncommon and emerging beer style.
"Founders
makes world-class beer,” says Green Flash Brewing Co.’s Co-founder and
President, Mike Hinkley. “It's not available in San Diego, so I always
look to taste some when I am on the road. Our Sales Chief, Jim Kenny
presented the idea and I was immediately all for it. Then Chuck and Jeremy
settled on White IPA. I can't wait to tap these kegs and share this
innovative new release with the national community of craft beer fans."
Each
brewery is known to push boundaries in creating risky, new,
flavor-forward styles that appeal to the true beer aficionado. Because
Founders is not currently available in San Diego, the collaboration will
allow the local beer lover a chance to experience the flavors and
influence of this Midwestern gem through the Green Flash partnership.
Green Flash will release Linchpin White IPA on draft during May’s Craft
Brewers Conference with events to take place as follows:
Tuesday, May 1
Tapping of First Keg - Green Flash Tasting Room & Beer Garden 3pm – 9pm
Friday, May 4
Hamilton’s & Regal Beagle Release Parties Begin at 5pm
- • Each bar will feature Linchpin White IPA
- • Other draft selections from Green Flash and Founders will also be on tap for the evening
- • Representatives from Founders and Green Flash will be in attendance
Beer Details: Linchpin White IPA
“There’s
a lot going on in this beer with two yeast strains, copious amounts of
wheat malt, and a big focus on ‘C’ hops to deliver a citrus explosion,”
explains Green Flash Brewmaster, Chuck Silva. “In fact we lined up more
than a dozen hop varieties in the brewery to select three hops with the
biggest citrus character to dry hop the beer.
“This
golden beer pours with beautiful, frothy white beer foam that lasts due
to bottle conditioning. Gently rousing the yeast that settles in the
bottle will result in a fuller texture and a more cloudy white
appearance. The citrus aromas that jump from the glass are largely
tangerine up front with other types of citrus notes that mingle with the
Belgian yeast esters. Hop flavors of bitter orange zest dominate the brew and linger to the finish with a nice play of American and Belgian yeast combo.”
A
beer with so many components can be held together with a “Linchpin”.
The official “Linchpin” of this beer is the skillful collaboration
between the two breweries to create a unique hop-forward brew. Linchpins
are symbolic: two simple shapes that combine to strengthen a bond
amongst many different pieces.
Linchpin
White IPA will be released during the May 2012 Craft Brewers Conference
in San Diego and will then be available in limited supply via
bottle-conditioned 22oz bottles and by the keg for special release
events nationally in May and June 2012.
About Founders Brewing Company
Co-Founders
Mike Stevens and Dave Engbers opened Founders Brewing Co. in 1997 and
are adamant about their mission: “We don’t brew beer for the masses.
Instead, our beers are crafted for a chosen few, a small cadre of
renegades and rebels who enjoy a beer that pushes the limits of what is
commonly accepted as taste. In short, we make beer for people like us.”
This philosophy has helped them gain recognition as the second best
brewery in the world by RateBeer.com, for two years in a row.
About Green Flash Brewing Co.
Green
Flash Brewing Co. is located in San Diego, California, and was founded
in 2002 by Mike and Lisa Hinkley. Brewmaster, Chuck Silva, leads
brewing operations. Green Flash is an award-winning brewer of fine,
hand-crafted ales, and specializes in brewing assertive and distinctive
beers, such as the nationally acclaimed West Coast I.P.A.: an
award-winning beer whose wide acceptance has helped define a category.
Green Flash brews ten styles of beer regularly, on draught and in
bottles as well as a growing lineup of seasonal and special offerings,
including several barrel-aged beers, throughout the year. Please visit
the Green Flash website www.greenflashbrew.com for more information
Press Contact:
Natalie Sellers
T. 917-657-1264
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