By only three votes, Baerlic Brewing's Punk Rock IPA named Best Oregon-Brewed IPA by Hawthorne Hophouse.
Press Release
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Every January, The Hawthorne Hophouse holds their Annual IPA Challenge to determine the Best Oregon-Brewed IPA as voted on by over 1,000 of their customers in a blind flight tasting. Out of the 12 Oregon-brewed IPAs in the Challenge—narrowed down from 36 in December—our Punk Rock Time IPA was voted Best IPA by just 3 votes!
"To think that PRT stood out among those 12 beers in a blind tasting—where the consumer doesn't know the beer or the brewery—makes us really proud. It's so great to get that level of feedback based not our size or popularity or marketing budget, but on the quality of the beer itself. As a small brewery, this is really meaningful to have stood out as the crowd favorite on a list of what we consider some of the most foundational IPAs in Oregon—if not the country!"- Ben Parsons, Baerlic Brewing Co.
This year's Competition included past IPA Challenge winners Breakside Wanderlust, Barley Brown's Pallet Jack, and Migration Straight Outta Portland, as well as Von Ebert, Pfriem, Ecliptic, Sun River, Ferment, Montavilla, Ex Novo and Level. Thanks to all of these breweries for making some of the best IPAs available and for all the liquid inspiration over the years!
ABOUT THE BEER:
Punk Rock Time IPA is brewed with Weyermann malts and Oregon grown Strata hops from Indie Hops and Amarillo and Chinook from Crosby—tropical, fruity and piney IPA with just enough angst to keep us determined. “This is not the time to be dismayed, this is punk rock time. This is what Joe Strummer trained you for.” – Henry Rollins.
Punk Rock Time IPA is a past winner of medals in the 2019 Best of Craft Beer Awards and the 2019 Oregon Beer Awards and is available in 16oz cans and draft in Oregon and southwest Washington.
