Smuttynose Short Batch: ParadoX Session IPA Coming 2/8

ParadoX is a beer of the moment. It’s a session IPA, brewed with an experimental hop variety (01210, it’s really lemony) and a portion of New England grown malt. Our brewing staff has wanted to brew one of these for a long time and just about everyone in the company has been waiting to drink one. So, why’d we do it now?
Way back in late 2012, David Yarrington, our intrepid Director of Brewing Operations, was approached to brew an anniversary beer for Mohegan Sun’s Sun Wine Fest’s 10th anniversary (we’ve got the whole craft beer crossover thing covered here too), he called up one of our hop brokers to inquire about an experimental variety he’d smelled at hop harvest last fall. Despite there being only 5 acres of this variety growing in the whole world, we were able to get enough pellets to brew ParadoX.

The Sun Wine Fest, which took place January 25-27 at the Connecticut casino, only needed about two barrels of the batch, so we’ve got the rest to ship out to beer lovers. We’ve saved you the ticket price, but you also missed on the chance to eat some incredible food and meet some really talented chefs.

ParadoX is light bodied, loaded with lemony-citrus hop flavor and very drinkable, but you don’t have to take my word for it, here are a few reviews:

For our home market, ParadoX will be featured on tap at three February events:
February 14 7pm-9pm Strange Brew, Manchester, NH
February 25 6pm Black Trumpet Early Bloom event, also pouring Durty, Bloom and barrel-aged 2010 Baltic Porter, Portsmouth Beer Week
February 25 8pm-10pm IPA Night at TJ’s, Portsmouth Beer Week