Volo will once again be turing their establishment into hop heaven as Ralph Morana has announced his plans for a three round IPA Cask Challenge, the first taking place on Sunday April 5th.
18 pins of cask conditioned IPA, with some Pale Ale’s, will be going to battle, head-to-head in a single elimination tournament on the first day of Volo’s challenge, competing against other local breweries for bragging rights. ”There are going to be a couple of new IPA’s for people to sample here for the first time,” stated Morana recently over a couple of fresh cask conditioned pints of Sgt. Major’s IPA. “Magnotta and Cool will be sending some IPA that will be tapped for the first time, and I imagine they will have a strong showing.”
Individuals will sample from the many pins, score the beers they taste, and the winning beers will move on to the next round, which will take place on an undetermined date in May. People will know what beers they are sampling, but there will also be an eight member judging panel tasting all the beers blindly in order to score without any bias. The eight member judging panel will consist of brewers, beer writers, a member of Beer Advocate, one member of Ratebeer, and certified beer judges.
The doors to the event open at 12pm and the capacity will be capped at 100 (this includes the patio, so prepare to bring a jacket). There will be no admission fee, but tickets for food and samples will be available for purchase.
Sample sizes will be sold in 1/4 pint or 1/2 pint sizes, though the prices have yet to be determined.
Come early, stay late, and score accordingly. The challenge runs until 6pm.
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