{"id":2705,"date":"2010-05-26T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2010-05-26T13:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.2beerguys.com\/blog\/?p=2705"},"modified":"2010-05-22T11:46:27","modified_gmt":"2010-05-22T15:46:27","slug":"beer-release-flying-fish-exit-6-wallonian-rye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/26\/beer-release-flying-fish-exit-6-wallonian-rye\/","title":{"rendered":"Beer Release: Flying Fish – Exit 6 Wallonian Rye"},"content":{"rendered":"

Flying Fish to debut Exit 6 Wallonian Rye\u200f<\/strong><\/p>\n

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FLYING FISH BREWING COMPANY – EXIT 6 WALLONIAN RYE <\/strong><\/p>\n

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CHERRY HILL, NJ<\/strong> \u2013 New Jersey\u2019s largest craft brewery Flying Fish Brewing Company<\/strong> (1940 Olney Avenue, 856-489-0061), has announced the latest entry in its \u201cExit Series\u201d of big-bottle beers honoring their home state of New Jersey,\u00a0 Exit 6 Wallonian Rye Belgian-Style Ale<\/strong>.\u00a0 A collaboration brew, Head Brewer Casey Hughes<\/strong> created Exit 6 with brewers Ric Hoffman of Stewart\u2019s Brewing Company<\/strong> in Bear, DE and Gordon Grubb of Nodding Head Brewery<\/strong> in Philadelphia, PA to celebrate Philly Beer Week 2010<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cExit 6 is named in honor of the area\u2019s first settlers, Dutch Walloons (now Belgians), who landed, built a fort \u2013 and then promptly constructed a tavern.\u00a0 They were definitely our kind of people!\u201d says owner and founder Gene Muller.<\/p>\n

Exit 6 Wallonian Rye Belgian-Style Ale is named for the exit that \u201cputs the green in Garden State,\u201d a part of Burlington County that was settled in 1624.\u00a0 The surrounding farmland has long been an agricultural anchor, and the locally grown rye used in the beer comes directly from an area farm.\u00a0 The beer itself is a deceptively simple recipe: pale malt augmented by 20 percent rye, then fermented with Belgian yeast, giving it a bright saffron color and spicy character.\u00a0 The beer\u2019s lemony citrus notes come from the addition of English East Kent Goldings, Slovenian Styrian Goldings and unusual Japanese Sorachi Ace hops.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe made Exit 6 with authentic New Jersey rye, as a tribute to the region\u2019s rich agricultural heritage,\u201d says Hughes.\u00a0 \u201cSince all three brewers are from the tri-state area, we thought using a local ingredient as a flavor accent would tie it to us as local brewers and show our collaborative spirit as we launch the brew during Philly Beer Week on June 5,\u201d says Hughes.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, June 5 at 3 pm, <\/strong>brewers Hughes, Grubb and Hoffman will hold the Exit 6 launch event at Nodding Head, 1516 Sansom Street, 2nd<\/sup> floor.\u00a0 The event is free to attend and will be pay-as-you-go for beer.<\/p>\n

Established in 1995, Stewart\u2019s is New Castle County\u2019s first brewpub.\u00a0 Their beers have earned 11 medals from the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) and World Beer Championships (WBC), and represent some of the finest hand-crafted ales and lagers produced in Delaware.\u00a0 Nodding Head is a similarly successful brewery and restaurant located in downtown Philadelphia.\u00a0 Their beers have earned 13 medals from the GABF and WBC, and has been named \u201cBest Brewpub\u201d in Philadelphia <\/em>magazine.<\/p>\n

Flying Fish\u2019s Exit Series will continue with three or four beers a year to eventually encompass all turnpike exits.\u00a0 Other entries have included:\u00a0 Exit 16 Wild Rice Double IPA;\u00a0 Exit 11 Hoppy American Wheat and Exit 1 Bayshore Oyster Stout.\u00a0 Recently, in response to the overwhelming popularity of series starter Exit 4 American Trippel, the brewery re-released it in six-packs. <\/strong>The Exit 4 is a GABF gold medal winner, and was named \u201cBest Belgo-Style Beer in America\u201d in 2009 by Men\u2019s Journal<\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n

Flying Fish was the world\u2019s first \u2018virtual\u2019 microbrewery, establishing an Internet presence as early as 1995.\u00a0 That presence helped to generate press interest and woo investors to the fledgling brewery, which would not open for business until late 1996.\u00a0 Today, Muller and his team oversee five full-time styles, as well as a variety of seasonal beers.\u00a0 Their brews have been featured at the Great British Beer Festival, Oregon Brewers Festival and Canada\u2019s Biere de Mondial Festival<\/em>.\u00a0 They have won medals at the GABF, WBC and the Real Ale Festival, and have two beers featured in the recently released book 1001 Beers to Try Before You Die<\/em>.\u00a0 Flying Fish was also named \u201cLocal Hero: Beverage Artisan of 2009\u201d by Edible\u00a0Jersey<\/em> magazine.<\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n

For more information about Exit 6 or any of Flying Fish\u2019s beers, please visit them online at www.flyingfish.com<\/a> and www.exitseries.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Flying Fish to debut Exit 6 Wallonian Rye\u200f FLYING FISH BREWING COMPANY – EXIT 6 WALLONIAN RYE CHERRY HILL, NJ \u2013 New Jersey\u2019s largest craft brewery Flying Fish Brewing Company (1940 Olney Avenue, 856-489-0061), has announced the latest entry in its \u201cExit Series\u201d of big-bottle beers honoring their home state of New Jersey,\u00a0 Exit 6 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[548,978,478],"tags":[1099,571],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/flying_fish_exit_series.gif","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2705"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2705"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2708,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2705\/revisions\/2708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}