2014 Official Beer Week beer: Day Drinker Session India Rye Ale
Introducing the official beer of the 2014 Portland Beer Week – “Day Drinker Session India Rye Ale” made for the discerning daytime drinking enthusiast. Brewed at Worthy Brewing Co. in Bend, OR Day Drinker ISA marks a longtime coming reuniting between Worthy Brewmaster Chad Kennedy and Hopworks Urban Brewery owner/brewmaster Christian Ettinger who previously brewed together at Laurelwood Brewing where Chad succeeded Christian when he left to open Hopworks. Day Drinker Session IRA is designed for drinkability, with a balance of fruity northwest hops and spicy crystal rye and fermented with a smooth Kolsch yeast. Hops are focused on aroma and flavor over bitterness with rye malt flavors adding balance. It’s an aromatic and smooth beer with loads of hop character.
Malts: Organic 2 row, Organic Wheat malt, crystal rye, crystal 60 and rye malt.
Hops: Nugget, El Dorado, Meridian, Amarillo, CTZ and Simcoe.
Original Gravity: 11 Plato. ABV: 4.32 %
