At 6.0% ABV, it’s citrusy, balanced, and refreshing, making it feel right at home on the beaches of Cape Cod, Mass., the ski slopes of Vermont or in a Boston dive. Its hometown ties are even more evident this year, as Harpoon IPA sales will benefit the Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC) and its fight against cancer. The Pan-Mass Challenge raises money for life-saving cancer research and treatment at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through an annual bike-a-thon that crosses Massachusetts. Harpoon has been a proud PMC sponsor for 22 years, and this summer will take its partnership to a new level. During the month of July, a portion of proceeds from each case sold of Harpoon IPA will go directly to the PMC’s fundraising efforts. Harpoon IPA is available on draft, in 6-packs and 12-packs everywhere Harpoon is sold. To find it near you, check out the Harpoon beer finder. The Harpoon Brewery was founded in 1986 by beer lovers who wanted more and better beer options. When the Brewery was founded, Harpoon was issued Brewing Permit #001 by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, since it was the first to brew commercially in Boston after a dormant period of about 25 years. Since then, it has expanded to a second brewery in Windsor, VT. Harpoon’s line of craft beer features its award-winning IPA and seasonal beers, along with special limited releases. In 2014, Harpoon became an employee-owned company.“Twenty years ago, I never would have thought that every single bar would have a Belgian white on draught,” says Brendan Hartranft of Clarkville, Local 44 & Strangelove’s. But walk into your favorite beer bar in Philadelphia these days, and you’re more than likely to see a familiar face on the draught list: Allagash White. That’s why, for Hartranft, Allagash White is a beer that deserves to be rediscovered. “There aren’t a lot of other beers like Allagash White. It has an accessibility to it that’s really unique. There’s so much new beer out there that’s just… new. I’m so inundated with what’s new and what I’m supposed to have that I can’t even get to the point where I can tell if the beer is good,” says Hartranft. “I understand that people want what they can’t get, but it’s become an obsession. And a lot of it is expensive, and a lot of it doesn’t have a great shelf life. I’d rather have something that I can hang my hat on.” White may be a lot of things, but one thing it’s not is “new”. It’s that history and track record that make Allagash such a mainstay in craft beer circles.Īllagash’s Rob Tod brewed the first batch of White back in 1995, a wheat beer brewed with oats, malted wheat and unmalted raw wheat, which gives the beer its distinct hazy, white appearance. With a trophy case of medals from the Great American Beer Festival, the World Beer Cup and the European Beer Star, White is an unrivaled craft beer classic. Though White is a constant presence on the draught list at each of Hartranft’s bars, his first impression was a bit… different.
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