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The 2014 edition of the IPA Challenge is set to kick off Saturday at noon at Second Street Brewery in Santa Fe. It will also kick off with an unusual twist this year. Blue Corn Brewery is the defending champion, yet the defending champion brewer, John Bullard, is now at Bosque Brewing. The trophy stayed at Blue Corn, but in the eyes of many, Bosque is now the brewery to beat. John Bullard hoisted the IPA Challenge trophy last year, but he has since moved from Blue Corn to Bosque. He will aim for a repeat of sorts starting this weekend. John’s Resurgence IPA was the first beer outside the Albuquerque metro area to win the Challenge. It had hop power, but was not a pure hop bomb. A strong malt bill balanced it out. So does that mean the days of the hop bomb are over? Even John is not sure where IPAs are headed, but he had some time to sit down and chat about Challenges past and present. Q: What’s your take on the state of the Challenge and IPAs in general? John: They’re getting crazy, ma … |
Source: NM Dark Side Brew Crew
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