Washington Beer Blog

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 [...]

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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), but [...]

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Washington IPAs stand strong in the opening round
Half of Washington’s entrants into the National IPA Championship (NIPAC) have advanced to the second round. (read about NIPAC.) While seven Washington beers advance, seven go home. It’s not as bad as it sounds when you consider that two of the first round matchups featured Washington beers pitted [...]

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Each year the Brewing News put on the National IPA Championship (NIPAC) — a series of head-to-head match-ups, arranged tournament-style, to determine the nation’s “best” IPA. Click here to see our previous posts about NIPAC, including results from last year’s tournament.
This year the first round will take place on February 14th. The final round will [...]

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The National IPA Championship (NIPAC) is looking for more contestants. NIPAC, organized and operated by the Brewing News, features a series of head-to-head match-ups, arranged tournament-style, to determine the nation’s “best” IPA. The field of 64 is complete, but they have more beers that want to be part of the tournament. Problem is, once you [...]

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As we reported earlier, Boundary Bay IPA did pretty well in this year’s National IPA Championship (NIPAC) – a competition pitting the 64 “best” IPAs from across America in a series of head-to-head match ups. Ed Bennett’s Bellingham Behemoth made it to the sweet sixteen before suffering a disappointing loss to Deschutes Inversion IPA. [...]

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(Philadelphia, PA) Boundary Bay Brewery made it to the Sweet 16 in this year’s National IPA Championship (NIPAC) but suffered a painful, unexpected loss in the third round to Deschutes Inversion IPA. The match-up took place on March 7th in Philadelphia, PA.
After defeating an outmatched Lancaster Brewing Hop Hog IPA in the first round,  the [...]

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NIPAC (National IPA Championship) is sponsored by the Brewing News each year. This year there are 3 Washington IPAs in the Big Dance. To mirror the NCAA basketball championship tournament, they break out the entrants into brackets and hold four regional playoff rounds. NIPAC concludes with a final championship round in New York City on March [...]

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