The Register Guard ran an article today about Hop Valley’s foray into bottling (HERE). In addition to the Elias Briggs Cream Ale that was announced a couple months ago, the brewery is also bottling their Natty Imperial Red and Alphadelic IPA.
Hmm…a big Northwest IPA and a Doubled-up Red, looks like someone is calling plays straight out of the Ninkasi handbook. Also, notice the slight tweak to the name of the IPA? I’m betting the TTB wasn’t exactly keen on approving a label for something called Alpaholic.
Hop Valley brought in a mobile bottler for their first run; 250 cases, which co-owner Jonas Kungys points out in the article as being unprofitably small. The brews are available at Eugene area bottle shops (yep, both of them), the Monroe Street Cafe and Market of Choice stores. The 22oz bombers will retail for around $4.29.
Cheers!
Kevin