E-Malt.com News article: USA, MA: Harpoon Brewery launches the Black IPA Club from its 100 Barrel Series

The Harpoon Brewery has released the latest installment of their 100 Barrel Series, Black IPA, The Full Pint reported on February, 2.

This is the 40th offering from Harpoon’s 100 Barrel Series, the brewery’s line of unique, handcrafted limited batch beers.

Harpoon brewer Matt DeLuca took over the brewhouse to create this Black IPA.

“I wanted this Black IPA to be a very hop-forward beer; having a huge, hoppy nose was important to me,” says Matt.

The Harpoon 100 Barrel Series Black IPA is now available in 22 oz. bottles with limited draft availability.

Harpoon introduced the 100 Barrel Series in 2003 to showcase the individual brewing talents of their brewers. Every couple months, a different Harpoon brewer is invited to choose a style of beer, formulate the recipe, and brew the beer. That brewer’s signature can be found on the bottle label. The beers in the series are one-offs; they are brewed in limited batches and are available only until the batch sells out. Since the series began in May of 2003, 40 different styles of beer have been brewed.

About the Harpoon Brewery

The Harpoon Brewery was founded by beers lovers, Rich Doyle and Dan Kenary. In 1986 Harpoon was issued Brewing Permit #001 by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, since it was the first brewery to brew commercially in the state after a dormant period of about 25 years. In 2000 Harpoon purchased a second brewery in Windsor, VT, making Harpoon the 9th largest craft brewer in the US. Harpoon has since introduced two lines of limited edition beers, the 100 Barrel Series and the Leviathan Series, as well as the all-natural Harpoon Cider made from freshly pressed, local apples.


08 February, 2012