Iron Hill Announces First Ever ‘Brew with a Legend’ Competition Winners

From Iron Hill:

Five homebrews have been selected from over 180 entries

Wilmington, DE – (January 27, 2020) – Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant (Iron Hill) conducted their final round of judging for Brew with a Legend, a regional beer competition where homebrewers vied for the opportunity to brew their signature recipe with craft beer pioneer and Iron Hill’s co-founder, Mark Edelson.

“We were completely floored by the interest and excitement around this first year of putting on this competition. We received over 186 unique participants with over 360 beers to taste at five designated regional locations and had to narrow it down to just five total,” said Mark Edelson, Director of Brewery Operations for Iron Hill. “I am thrilled to have the opportunity to brew with our five creative and talented winners, it’s going to be a busy year ahead.”

Winners were selected regionally on Saturday, January 18 at Iron Hill locations in Greater Philadelphia, Central Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and South Carolina. The winning homebrewers are listed below:

• Greater Philadelphia (Judged at Iron Hill Ardmore) – Lou Casta and Tim Egan with “Dewey Beetem & Howe” – Saison with Beets
• New Jersey (Judged at Iron Hill Maple Shade) – Patrick Smith with “Paddy’s Wm. Younger BS Porter” – Porter
• Delaware (Judged at Iron Hill Newark) – Matt Ayers with “Belsnickel” – Imperial Porter
• Central PA (Judged at Iron Hill Lancaster) – Colby Mullins with “Hop Showers” – Hazy IPA
• South Carolina (Judged at Iron Hill Greenville) – David Byer with “I’ve Gotta Get Out of Here” – German-style Schwarzbier

In keeping with Iron Hill’s tradition of community involvement, each of the winning beers will be available on tap at the winner’s home location with $1 per pint donated to the winner’s charity of choice as well as a dedicated Give 20, a fundraising evening where the selected non-profits can earn twenty percent of food sales. The charities selected included Philabundance (Greater Philadelphia Region), Associated Humane Society and Animal Sanctuary at Popcorn Park (New Jersey Region), Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research (Delaware Region), Lupus Foundation of America (Central Pennsylvania Region) and PETA. (South Carolina Region).  In addition to bragging rights, winning homebrewers will receive a $500 Iron Hill gift card and a sixtel of their prize-winning beer.

About Iron Hill

Named after the historic Revolutionary War landmark in Delaware, where General George Washington battled the British, Iron Hill is among the most enduringly successful craft brewers in the United States, with over 20 years of award-winning recognition at national and international competitions.

Founded by home brewers Kevin Finn, Mark Edelson and restaurateur Kevin Davies in Newark, DE in 1996, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant has blossomed from one restaurant and brewery to 16 locations up and down the East Coast, including Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey and South Carolina. Each brewery/restaurant has their own scratch kitchen and craft brewery, allowing individual chefs and brewers the creativity to pair the freshest ingredients with the highest quality grains and hops. For 23 years, Iron Hill has incorporated beer in everything they do. As a result, Finn, Edelson and Davies are viewed as innovative business leaders in their home state of Delaware and in the Mid-Atlantic region. They started Iron Hill at a time when small breweries were just beginning to gain mass appeal around the country and their entrepreneurial, forward thinking helped build them into what they are to date. Each individual location has its own head brewer. Each location dedicates itself to the freshest ingredients and friendly atmosphere for all age groups – helping change overall perceptions about brewpubs one meal, one pint, one community at a time.

Locations

Newark, DE (147 East Main Street, 302-266-9000); Wilmington, DE (620 Justison Street, 302-472-2739); Media, PA (30 East State Street, 610-627-9000); West Chester, PA (3 West Gay Street, 610-738-9600); North Wales, PA (1460 Bethlehem Pike, 267-708-2000); Phoenixville, PA (130 East Bridge Street, 610-983-9333); Lancaster, PA (781 Harrisburg Pike, 717-291-9800); Maple Shade, NJ (124 East Kings Highway, 856-273-0300); Voorhees, NJ (13107 Town Center Boulevard, 856-545-9009); Chestnut Hill, PA (8400 Germantown Avenue, 215-948-5600); Ardmore, PA (60 Greenfield Avenue, 610-228-2280); and Huntingdon Valley, PA (785 Huntingdon Pike, 610-602-9255); Greenville, SC (741 Haywood Rd. 864-568-7009); Rehoboth Beach, DE (19815 Coastal Highway, 302-260-8000), Philadelphia, PA (1150 Market Street, 267-507-7365) and Hershey, PA (101 West Chocolate Avenue, 717-312-5164), Newtown, PA opening Spring 2020, Atlanta- Buckhead, GA opening Summer 2020, Exton, PA opening Summer 2020, Atlanta – Perimeter, GA opening Summer 2020.

Here’s the 2020 packaging for Clock Out American lager (5.5%-AbV, 12oz cans) & Reindeer’s Revenge American tripel (9%-AbV, 16oz cans).