Enrollment is now open for the National IPA Championship (NIPAC). Each year the Brewing News invites brewers from across the country to enter a competition pitting beers against beers in a tournament-style elimination taste-off. Five locations across the country host tasting events throughout February. This year the tournament makes its first stop on the West…
The winner has been determined in this year’s National IPA Championship – the nationwide competition organized and operated by the Brewing News. Congratulations to Lawson’s Finest Liquids Triple Play IPA, the winner of the 2011 NIPAC. In the final four, Portland’s Hopworks Urban Brewery Organic Hopworks IPA was defeated by Big Dog’s Brewing Company Dirty…
The field of 128 has been whittled down to just 16 as the National IPA Championship (NIPAC) continues. Last week we reported that only two Washington breweries had survived the latest round. Today we report that both Boundary Bay Brewery and Harmon Brewing have advanced to the sweet sixteen. Next week Boundary Bay IPA will…
Seven fall, two survive Harmon Brewing Company‘s Commencement Bay IPA and Boundary Bay Brewery‘s IPA are the only Washington beers still standing at this year’s National IPA Championship (NIPAC) – the annual IPA competition organized by the Brewing News. They now advance to the competition’s third round. In the second round Harmon knocked off Stone…
The first round of the National IPA Championship is in the books. Nine of our Washington beers have advanced to the next round. You can find more complete coverage over at Seattle Beer News. Click here to see the list of first round match-ups – to see who lost. Here’s the list of Washington beers…
The Brewing News has just released the brackets. The competition is set. Now is the time to go make your picks and see the complete lineup on the NIPAC website. The first round takes place on February 13th in Buffalo, NY. Below, you can see how the competition has stacked up for our Washington representatives…
For those of us who love IPA, this is our version of March Madness. Each year the Brewing News organizes the National IPA Championship (NIPAC). Participating beers are randomly bracketed and pitted in head-to-head competition. The winners advance to the next round. The losers go home. The initial 128 entrants will be narrowed to 64,…
Okay, we admit we’re slacking off this week. Your humble Washington Beer Bloggers are seriously distracted right now (in body but not in spirit). We are out of town doing important beer-related business in a place where the sun actually does shine. I know, the thought of us baking in the warm desert sun makes you want to…
Is it a conspiracy to keep Washington breweries down or is it simply fate? Is it a blatant attempt to stack the deck against us or is it the luck of the draw? You be the judge. Seven of Washington’s finest beers made it out of the first round of the National IPA Championship (NIPAC),…
