SweetWater Motor Boat Is Returning This Month With Tweaked Hop Bill
(ATLANTA,GA) – Motor Boat is cruising on back into SweetWater’s Catch and Release lineup in mid-August and will keep making waves through this fall. The two-time Great American Beer Festival medal winner is SweetWater’s titillating version of an Extra Special Bitter (ESB), naturally built for speed and comfort…for the old sailor in everyone.
“This was the first time we brewed the beer in our new brewhouse so we had the opportunity to play with the ingredients,” said Mark Medlin, Brewmaster at SweetWater Brewing Company. “We kept a similar grain bill, but modified the quantities to accentuate the hops.
Brewers used previous Saaz and Sterling hops to bring back the familiar spicy and herbal aroma, but added new hop varieties in the whirlpool and dry hop stage including Columbus, Amarillo, and Styrian Golding to give the beer an extra citrus and floral kick. All in all, the unfiltered beer now finishes around 5.8% ABV.
Fans will find the decorated brew on draft and in six-packs, as well as featured in SweetWater’s Tackle Box variety 12-packs throughout the Southeast. So batten down the hatches, prepare your party barges and drink up while you can, ‘cause Motor Boat will be sailing off into the sunset this October until its return again in next year.
For more information on Motor Boat and SweetWater Brewing Company, visit www.sweetwaterbrew.com.
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ABOUT SWEETWATER BREWING COMPANY:
SweetWater Brewing Company is an Atlanta‐based craft brewery following the motto “Don’t Float the Mainstream!” SweetWater’s brews are unpasteurized and designed to be consumed fresh so distribution is limited to the Southeast. The award‐winning lineup of year‐round brews includes SweetWater 420, IPA, Blue, LowRYEder and Georgia Brown. SweetWater also features a Catch and Release series of beers available on a limited basis throughout the year, and an experimental, one‐time‐only Dank Tank series. SweetWater Brewery, open for tours every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 5:30‐7:30 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays from 2:30‐4:30 p.m., is located at 195 Ottley Drive in Atlanta. For more information about SweetWater Brewing Company, please visit www.sweetwaterbrew.com. For more of a social relationship with SweetWater Brewing Company follow @sweetwaterbrew on Twitter and Instagram, and become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/sweetwaterbrew.
