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BELGIUM COMES TO WEST CHESTER 2013
WEST CHESTER, PA On Saturday, January 26, beginning at 1 p.m., brewers Larry Horwitz and Chad Rieker will bring together some of the finest Belgian beers and the brewers making them at Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant (3 West Gay Street, 610-738-9600) for the annual Belgium Comes to West Chester event. Guests will meet the brewers and discover new Belgian styles on a pay-as-you-go basis; 12 oz. beers and samplers will be available, with 10 beers per sampler, offered from more than 30 participating breweries. This is a great event that brings together many top breweries to celebrate Belgian-style beers, says Larry Horwitz, who will be joined by fellow Iron Hill brewers in bringing their finest Belgian-style beers to the event. Iron Hill selections will include: Chestnut Hill: F.Red, a Flemish-style red ale with light caramel sweetness and a quenching sourness; Lancaster: o Smokin Blonde, a Belgian-style blonde ale with subtle sweet smoke flavor from the use of smoked malts; o Smokin Brunette, a sweet, lightly chocolate malt with subtle fruit and spice from Belgian yeast and moderate cherrywood smoke character; Maple Shade: Madeira-Aged Abbey Beer, mahogany-colored blend of Belgian-style strong ales aged in a used Madeira wine barrel; Media: Dark Humor, a collaboration porter fermented with 100% Brett for luxuriously chocolate-y and earthy sour character (brewed with Ithaca Beer Co.); North Wales: Framboise, an unfiltered, Belgian-style limbic made with wild yeast and bacteria; West Chester: o Fe10, a rich, dark, malt-y, complex, full-bodied beer; o Belgian Tripel, a traditional Belgian-style golden ale with complex aroma and flavor of plums, spice and bananas; o West Chester Reserve, an unfiltered, Belgian-style sour ale aged in oak barrels for one year; o Abbey Dubbel, brewed in the original style of a Belgian monastery;
o Biere de Garde, a classic French-style farmhouse beer; Wilmington: o Blackberry Saison, a Belgian-style Saison aged with blackberries in a lambic barrel; o Oak-Aged Quad, a full-bodied Belgian-style dark Abbey ale aged in oak wine barrels. Iron Hill King of the Hill rewards 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 Hills King of the Hill rewards club, click here. Other guest beers and breweries will include: Spciale Belge from Iron Hill and Brasserie Dupont, brewed for Philly Beer Week 2012; Sexy Beast Chocolate Stout from Dock Street Brewing Company; Wry George from Stewarts Brewing Company; Saison Brune from Sly Fox Brewing Company; Sandstorm Belgian Tripel from Third Wave Brewing Company; Helios from Victory Brewing Company; Farm Hands Saison from Tired Hands Brewing Company; Three Philosophers from Ommegang; Dark Abbey from Devils Backbone Brewing Company; Sidewalk Saison from Bluejacket Brewing Company; Trois Pistoles from Unibroue; Tripel Cinq Cents from Chimay; Belgian Freeze from River Horse Brewing Company; Grand Cru from Flying Fish; Winter from Brasserie De Koninck; Red and White from Dogfish Head; and Sorachi Ace from Brooklyn Brewery. Founded by home brewers Kevin Finn and Mark Edelson and restaurateur Kevin Davies in Newark, DE in 1996, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant has blossomed from one restaurant and brewery to nine locations across the mid-Atlantic with a tenth location scheduled to debut in Voorhees, NJ in 2013, and another will open in Ardmore, PA in 2014. Each restaurant is dedicated to producing and serving topquality hand-crafted beers and cuisine in a warm and hospitable setting, and all are open seven days a week for lunch and dinner. For more information about Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, or to make a reservation at any of their locations, please visit www.ironhillbrewery.com, follow them on Twitter (@ironhillbrewery) and like them on Facebook. # # #
