Hop Killa Killer

Sooooo....today was National IPA day, and Thursday. That could only mean one thing, IPA pints at Peoples, hell yeah.

Work was especially shitty today (we're hoping what happened is that we froze a chunk of nitrogen and it got stuck in our pulsed valve which caused the valve to get stuck open). The best point was when I was browsing facebook in the afternoon and saw a post from Peoples saying "Happy IPA Day!!! We have a KILLA surprise for you today in the Taproom!!! Come by for a snifter to celebrate National IPA Day... Available in 12oz snifter for $3.50 today..."

This could only mean one thing, a keg of the last batch of da Killa had survived for just this occasion. I ran away from work as soon as I could (5:30) and settled in for a few rounds. I kind of made it my goal to make this beer my second kill in as many weeks. Unfortunately, even with a sixth barrel I need help, and I do have to work so I set myself a reasonable limit and simply paid attention to how much was being poured. I really didn't do a good job of that, because I thought the keg was going to survive the brutal onslaught. Around 15 mins before closing time (8) I ordered my last snifter. About halfway into the pour the keg declared no mas and blew. I had killed Hop Killa.

For the second week in a row I had ruined other people's days. I'm fully expecting to be turned away the next time they have a special brew on tap (although, in my defense I only had one of the barrel aged Notorious BIPs last friday).

By the way...couple month old Hop Killa is fantastic. Nice and mellow.

-J