Smuttynose Set To Release Short Batch ParadoX Feb. 8, 2013
We brewed another IPA in the Short Batch Series; this one is called ParadoX.
ParadoX is a beer of the moment. It’s a session IPA, brewed with an experimental hop variety (01210, it’s really lemony) and a portion of New England grown malt. Our brewing staff has wanted to brew one of these for a long time and just about everyone in the company has been waiting to drink one. So, why’d we do it now?
Way back in late 2012, David Yarrington, our intrepid Director of Brewing Operations, was approached to brew an anniversary beer for Mohegan Sun’s Sun Wine Fest’s 10th anniversary (we’ve got the whole craft beer crossover thing covered here too), he called up one of our hop brokers to inquire about an experimental variety he’d smelled at hop harvest last fall. Despite there being only 5 acres of this variety growing in the whole world, we were able to get enough pellets to brew ParadoX.
The Sun Wine Fest, which took place January 25-27 at the Connecticut casino, only needed about two barrels of the batch, so we’ve got the rest to ship out to beer lovers. We’ve saved you the ticket price, but you also missed on the chance to eat some incredible food and meet some really talented chefs.
ParadoX is light bodied, loaded with lemony-citrus hop flavor and very drinkable, but you don’t have to take my word for it, here are a few reviews:
Man Drinks Beer
The Boston Globe’s 99 Bottles
We’ll tap the beer and have 22 ounce bottles for sale ($9 each) at Smuttynose during tours the weekend of February 8. You can reserve spots for our tours on the “Visit Us” section of our website. Shipments to our wholesalers begin the following Monday, February 11. For our home market, ParadoX will be featured on tap at three February events:
February 14 7pm-9pm Strange Brew, Manchester, NH
February 25 6pm Black Trumpet Early Bloom event, also pouring Durty, Bloom and barrel-aged 2010 Baltic Porter, Portsmouth Beer Week
February 25 8pm-10pm IPA Night at TJ’s, Portsmouth Beer Week
Vital Stats:
5.3% abv 40 IBU
Malts: North American 2-Row, English Pale Ale, Aromatic, Valley Malt C-60
Hops: Bittering- Bravo, Flavor-01210, Dry Hop- 01210
Yeast: American Ale
Production: 30 barrels (100 1/6 bbl kegs, 28 cases)
Food Pairings: Paradox would be good with certain types of seafood and maybe some salads, but you’re going to want to just drink this one on its own.
Here is a list of most of the accounts where you can find ParadoX. Please remember that we don’t know when the accounts will get their beer, or when they’ll make it available, only when it leaves our warehouse. For more information, please contact the account of your choice.
New Hampshire Draft
Strange Brew, Manchester
Biederman’s Deli, Plymouth
Popper’s at the Mill, Newmarket
Rudi’s, Portsmouth
The Press Room, Portsmouth
TJ’s, Portsmouth
The Black Trumpet, Portsmouth
New Hampshire Bottles
Bert’s Better Beers, Hookset
The Beer Store, Nashua
Barb’s Beer Emporium, Concord
Ayotte’s, Hudson
Brewtopia, Keene
Route 13 State Line, Hudson
Portsmouth Provisions, Portsmouth
Hampton Falls Village Market, Hampton Falls
Cigarette City, Seabrook
Johnson’s Market, New Durham
Downtown Discount Beverage, Dover
Maine Draft
The Black Birch, Kittery
Pi Men Miyake, Portland
Nocturnem Draft House, Bangor
Novare Res, Portland
Vermont Draft: 2 logs, destination unknown
Massachusetts Draft
Armsby Abbey, Worcester
Plan B, Springfield
Deep Ellum, Allston
Meadhall, Cambridge
Atwood’s, Cambridge
Bukowski’s, Cambridge
Christopher’s, Cambridge
Independent, Somerville
Massachusetts Bottles
Julio’s, Westboro
Table and Vine, Springfield
Spirited, Lenox
Liquor World, Somerville
Craft Beer Cellar, Belmont
Gordon’s, Watertown and both Waltham locations
Blanchard’s, Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury, and Allston
New York Draft
Cole’s, Buffalo
The Tap and Mallet, Rochester
The Ruck, Troy
The Bier Abbey, Schenectady
Connecticut Draft
Gingerman, Greenwich
Mikro, New Haven
Rhode Island Draft
Julian’s, Providence
