Iron Hill Brewery –Belgium Comes to West Chester Jan 28 2012

Here are the details for this great annual festival at Iron Hill Brewery West Chester:

BELGIUM COMES TO WEST CHESTER 2012

WEST CHESTER, PA – On Saturday, January 28, beginning at 1 p.m., brewers Larry Horwitz and Michael Rutkowski will bring together the East Coast’s finest craft brewers at Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant (3 West Gay Street, 610-738-9600) for the annual Belgium Comes to West Chester event celebrating Belgian beers.  Guests will meet the brewers and discover new Belgian styles on a pay-as-you-go basis; 12 oz. beers and samplers will be offered from more than 20 participating breweries.

“This is a great event that brings together many top breweries to celebrate Belgian-style beers,” says Rutkowski, who will be joined by fellow Iron Hill brewers in bringing their finest Belgian-style beers to the event.  Iron Hill selections will include: 

·         Lancaster:  Brett Dubbel, with notes of bright fruit, funk and subtle raisin and roast;

·         Maple Shade:  Quadfather, a complex beer that is rich, dark and malty;

·         Media:  Brett American Brown Ale, American Brown Ale fermented with 100% Brett;

·         Newark:  FE 15 Anniversary Ale, a full-bodied American Imperial Tripel, brewed for Iron Hill’s 15th Anniversary;

·         North Wales:  Cherry Dubbel, 2008 Silver Great American Beer Festival winner in the Wood and Barrel Aged Sour Beers category;

·         West Chester: 

o   Barrel-Fermented Witbier, Brett Buxx and Brett Drie;

o   Bourbon Vanilla Tripel, an Abbey Tripel aged in bourbon barrels;

o   Barrel-Fermented Saison, a Saison beer re-fermented in a Chardonnay barrel with Brett;

·         Wilmington:  Blackberry Saison, a Belgian-style Saison aged with blackberries in a lambic barrel.

Other guest beers and breweries will include:  Brett Fermented Eight-Point IPA from Devils Backbone Brewing Company;  Raison D’Etre from Dogfish Head;  Biere Sucree from Earth Bread & Brewery;  Exit 4 Hoppy Tripel from Flying Fish;  Rodney’s Solera from Harpoon;  Wholly Trinity Tripel from Inn at Turkey Hill;  St. Alpha Belgian IPA from Manayunk Brewing Company;  Blue Sunday from New Holland Brewing;  O-Tay from Nodding Head;  Ommegeddon from Brewery Ommegang;  Saison de Chief from The Peekskill Brewery;  Wild Walt Wit from Philadelphia Brewing Company;  Saison Brune from Sly Fox Brewing Company;  Grand Cru from Southampton Public House;  Cosmic Monster from Springhouse Brewing Company;  Stumblin’ Monk from Stewart’s Brewing Company;  Dubbel from Stoudt’s Brewing Company;  Unnamed Belgian from Troegs;  Golden Monkey from Victory Brewing Company;  Verboten from Weyerbacher;  and Yardbird from Yards Brewing Company.  All beers will range from $6.50 per 12 oz. 

Iron Hill Mug Club members will get a special one-hour preview from 12 noon until 1 p.m. and the doors will open to the general public at 1 p.m.  For more information on how to sign up for Iron Hill’s Mug Club, click here. 

Founded by homebrewers Mark Edelson and Kevin Finn and restaurateur Kevin Davies in Newark, DE in 1996, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant is the region’s fastest-growing restaurant group, blossoming from one restaurant and brewery to nine locations across the mid-Atlantic.  Each is dedicated to producing and serving top-quality hand-crafted beers and cuisine in a warm and hospitable setting, and all are open seven days a week for lunch and dinner.  Their acclaimed beers have accumulated a wealth of awards from the nation’s top beer festivals, and their restaurants have earned more than 100 “Best of” nods from local and national publications.