At 6.0 ABV, it is citrusy, balanced, and refreshing making it the perfect beer to enjoy on the beach or slopes. It is brewed in Boston, MA and is a regional favorite on the East Coast. Bay Brewing, though, will operate the pub and beer gardens at both of the former Long Trail locations. Harpoon IPA is a craft beer classic that is styled after an English IPA, but with distinctly American hops. As part of the deal, WhistlePig agreed to buy Long Trail’s Middlebury facility, and it will soon do its bottling and distilling there. Kenary said he didn’t want to acquire both Long Trail breweries in Vermont, one in Bridgewater Corners and the other in Middlebury, but he knew someone who did: the CEO of WhistlePig Whiskey, based in Shoreham.
And reduced the fermentation time by up to 30 percent. Kenary said Harpoon will soon brew Long Trail, Otter Creek, and Shed brews from this location. Craft beer pioneer Harpoon Brewery in the US, is one of the many small independent breweries. It began 22 years ago when the company purchased the Catamount Brewery in Windsor, which is now a Harpoon Brewery that features a pub and beer garden. Though based in Boston, Harpoon has a long history in Vermont. “They would compete in our backyard, and we would work to compete in theirs,” Fulham said. That overlap has of course led to some friendly competition over the years, though Fulham said he and Kenary always “respected each other.” “The Fulhams had been in the investment for a long time, and they were kind of ready to move on,” he said, adding that Harpoon had the brewing capacity to absorb Long Trail - and the companies’ retail footprints overlapped. In exploring different contract agreements with Harpoon, Kenary said it became clear to both brewers that an acquisition made the most sense. Harpoon Take 5 (4.3 percent Boston, Mass.) A big departure from the flagship Harpoon IPA, with Simcoe and Amarillo hops livening things up and lending grapefruit and floral aromas along with a. “As a heritage brand, which is what Long Trail and Harpoon are, we were looking at, ‘How do we operate differently when people are drinking hard seltzer, wine, spirits, and non-alcohol.’” Once you introduce more than usual, it’s going to take longer for the alcohol to be diluted, so more alcohol will enter your bloodstream. Your body gets used to processing that amount of alcohol. “The craft beer run-up has been a great run, but the craft beer trends have been down,” said Fulham, whose family fund purchased Long Trail in 2005 after exiting the Seaport seafood business. Is 8 alcohol a lot Yes, 8 alcohol by volume is a lot, especially if you only drink light beers (around 4.2 ABV) up to 5 alcohol content. Long Trail was planning to consolidate from two breweries to one and Fulham asked whether Harpoon could produce a few of its beers - which have been brewed in Vermont since the company’s founding in 1989, long before the recent explosion of craft brewing.
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