Danny Fullpint Beer News, Firestone Walker
From the editor: This is the third time we’ve written a Wookey Jack comeback headline, and I’d happily write a fourth. We said Black IPA would get one more moment in the spotlight back in 2021, and while the style never fully got there, Wookey is still the one every other black IPA gets measured against. Firestone keeps treating it like a hibernating cameo. It has earned a permanent spot in the winter lineup.
(PASO ROBLES, CA) – “The Wookey never dies… it just hibernates,” says Brewmaster Matt Brynildson. And right as the weather turns, it’s out of hibernation.
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Gnarly on the Outside, Refined on the Inside
Wookey Jack, our style-defining Black Rye IPA, was first brewed in 2012 and is a three-time gold medal winner at the Great American Beer Festival, with a World Beer Cup bronze to match. A black IPA just feels right for fall and winter, and this one has a cult following that never left.
Limited Release Black IPA, 8.3% ABV
It opens with a punchy nose of orange, dank, canned peach, and pine, with a little cocoa powder hiding in the background. Sticky Citra and Amarillo hops meet toasty rye and a blend of dehusked roasted malt and midnight wheat, keeping the roast smooth and the bitterness lingering on the finish. Black in the glass with a beige foam, medium bodied, medium carbonation.
8.3% ABV. Bold hop flavor, balanced with rye and dark malt. Refined on the inside.
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