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"Dark Humor Rising" at Iron Hill Media
Because "turning 40" isn't really a theme, Iron Hill's head brewer's birthday party is packing an all-Brett porter motif.
"Dark Humor Rising" at Iron Hill Media
Iron Hill’s head brewer Bob Barrar is turning 40, and the brewery’s throwing him a party that might pique your interest even if you just now heard the name “Bob Barrar” for the very first time. On Thursday, Sept. 27 at their Media location (30 E. State St.), between 5 and 9 p.m., the brewpub will offer a now-or-never opportunity to taste Barrar’s Dark Humor porter in a sorta-staggering slew of different ways.
Whether you’re already a fan of the 100% Brett porter or walking in blind, it’s not often that you get a shot at a side-by-side comparison of the same beer over different vintages and after having been aged in a number of different spirit barrels. In addition to the classic, you’ll find 2011 vintages brewed in NY and PA, and batches aged in bourbon, sherry, rum, and tawny and ruby port barrels.
Iron Hill will also be serving up a special menu for the event with dishes calibrated to pair with specific variations, so you can match a blue cheese tasting plate to your port-aged brew or a chocolate cookie sandwich with malted bourbon-pecan ice cream to your bourbon-aged variety. Any of the varieties can be purchased by the pint, and you can even take some home in a 750 mL format, but the obvious place to start would be the sampler flight that nets you a taste of every last one for $16.
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