Hey Gang,

Just so you know, we are putting our award winning Cherry Dubbel on tap in celebration of the Valentine’s holiday. Stop in for a pour and a little complimentary chocolate pairing! In addition, Saison AND Harvey’s Sunshine Pils will both be on tap tonight. I love Friday!

From the deepest, darkest depths of the infinte abyss arises an ale so dark and so intensley hoppy, that it had even us, your fearless brewers, scrambling to get it on tap before we got sucked into the darkness that is India Black Ale. Okay, okay… Enough threatrics. Our India Black Ale is back on tap today! Woo-hoo! For those of you who weren’t quick enough to taste the last batch back in April, our IBA is essentially an IPA brewed with just enough de-bittered black malts to make it black. The dark malt does impart just a touch of roasty/chocolateyness that really goes great with the huge citrusy/piney hop presence. That’s pretty much it. We will be serving the IBA on tap and on our hand pump until it’s gone.
-Jean

“It’s like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none…None more black.”- Nigel Tufnel

Er, I mean, Happy New Year! Well, actually I mean both! This past year has been a great one here at IHWC. We’ve brewed a ton of great beers (Chuck’s Beard, Mahalo Apollo) begun a killer barrel aging program (10 currently filled and more on the horizon… Hooray for barrel racks!), and hosted some exciting and innovative new events (Saison-a-Thon, Gathering of the Gourds). And what a better way to celebrate/ ring in the new year than roll out a massive hop bomb of a double IPA.
Ladies and Gentleman, I am pleased to introduce West Chester to the only beer too hoppy for superman… Kryptonite! Brewed with over 3lbs of hops per barrel, and weighing in at 9.5%, this copper colored ale has intense grassy, citrusy, herbal notes, and weighs in at 100 IBU. This is easily the strongest hoppy beer brewed in this fair borough! That is until Malthra the Destroyer (American Barleywine) hits the taps in a month. Come on! You didn’t think we’d let Hopzilla rule the monster themed hoppy beers forever, did you?
-Jean

Can you hear the roaring in the distance? Can you smell the hops in the air?
Something tells me that the ‘ZILLA will be making it’s devastating return to our humble village sometime after lunch today…
Stop in for a pint!
-Jean

Tuff Ghost is our newest saison, Røde, fermented and aged entirely
in a used merlot barrel. This is what we imagine Røde tasting like had
it of been brewed a couple hundred years ago this time of year at a
farmhouse in Belgium (oh yeah, and with futuristic American hops!). Who
needs stainless steel and temperature control? We filled the barrel
with unfermented wort, added a pound of incredibly aromatic Danish
heather honey, and then pitched our super secret yeast blend. The
resulting beer is a harmonious confluence of lush oaky vanilla notes
layered with spicy rye and bretty/black-peppery yeasty phenolics with
hints of bright american hops interwoven throughout. The finish is
long and slightly bitter, with a touch of tartness right at the tail
end. Come in and try this beer along side Røde for a truly unique
contrast.
Tuff Ghost will be available for your drinking pleasure tomorrow, Nov. 6th, just in time for our Wine vs. Beer dinner. Larry and I will be at the brewery all day/night (working and then enjoying the fruits, er… beers, of our labor at the dinner) so stop by and say hi!
-Jean

That’s right…it’s that time of the year. We should have it pouring by about 5:00 p.m. Come and get it!

Hey gang! The new batch of our hoptastic hop onslaught of an IPA just went on tap this past Friday! Nothing is finer than a fresh pint of this hop monster. Come and get it!

We dry hopped this batch 3 seperate times with 3 different variatels of hops. Here’s a pic of me feeding the beast 2 lbs. of Centennials…

Check out the web traffic our American IPA is getting over here. Nice!

If you haven’t been in for a while…well, shame on you! The draft list is exploding. Wahooo! Jean is back from his trip to Belgium and appears well rested considering the jet lag. We’ve jumped into the summer like you wouldn’t belive. I am so not used to having this many fermenters and it totally rocks. By the end of next week we should have as many as 16 beers on tap here in West Chester. Now I don’t think that’s a record, but you’d better believe we’re gunning for one. By this Friday you can expect to see Dunkle Weizen, Hopzilla IPA, American Brown Ale and the Soon To Be World Famous Summer Ale Mahalo, Apollo. Come and get it!

Hey Gang,

The freshy, fresh batch of German Pils in now on tap here in North Wales….mmmmm. Just a little FYI