LYNN — After more than a year of development and refinement, Bent Water Brewing Company released its newest beer, Super Sluice, inspired by the brewery’s flagship New England India Pale Ale (IPA), Sluice Juice.
This New England Double IPA is kettle hopped with Citra, Bravo, Cascade, and Mandarina Bavaria hops, and dry hopped with Strata, Calypso, and Citra.
Super Sluice has an aroma of Florida orange, sweet berry, and passion fruit, and leaves flavors on the tongue of pear, tropical fruit, and oranges.
Bent Water said that with the combination of kettle and dry hopping of Citra, customers should expect an opaque pour and a big orange rush.
“We make a little bit of everything at Bent Water,” said Aaron Reames, co-founder and president of Bent Water Brewing. “But we’re really known for our IPAs. Super Sluice is one of our biggest releases because, in some ways, it culminates the last three years of work we’ve put into expanding our knowledge of IPAs and really carving out a name for ourselves in that segment of the market.”
Super Sluice contributes to the focus the brewery has been placing on IPAs for years to produce highly-ranked, accessible IPAs, such as Sluice Juice and West-Coast-style IPA Thunder Funk, as well as the new rotating Lynn Tribute Series.
Head Brewer at Bent Water Adam Denny Golab said they originally conceived Super Sluice as being an amplified version of Sluice Juice.
“But, as we tested different recipes, we realized what we really wanted to give people was a big, tropical flavor bomb that would give customers something different enough for the beer to stand completely on its own,” Denny Golab said.
Super Sluice was released on Sept. 1 and will be available on the market later this week.
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