Patrons Project 6.01 // IPA // Jon Simmons // Hazemaker // Verdant // DEYA

As soon as their Hop City attendance was confirmed we were straight on the phone to the guys at Verdant and Deya about collaborating together during the festival. We've been very impressed with the juicy IPAs they had been putting out since they'd arrived on the scene and didn't want to miss the opportunity to throw some hops around with them. Brewing an IPA was never in doubt and eventually we settled on a wheat-heavy grist backed up with spelt, something we'd tried in Belgian style ales but never in an IPA until now. We went for a dank undercut in the whirlpool through Columbus and Simcoe then went to town with fruity hops in the dry hop - Galaxy, Centennial, Amarillo and AU035, an exciting new trial variety which contributes peach, passion fruit and a ton of citrus. Much debate and some creative thinking made for a unique yeast pitch and we had ourself a beer which punches with the force of three heavyweight hopheads unleashed! Show Less