
09/09/2025
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One of our oldest running beers is back in time for the upcoming fall โ Wytchmaker Rye IPA
Perhaps none of our beers has experienced as schizophrenic existence as Wytchmaker. Originally, we conceived it as an American-style Rye IPA in 2010, inspired by Bear Republicโs Hop Rod Rye. Around 2013 or so, we transformed it into a mixed fermentation hoppy rye farmhouse ale. Then post-covid it returned as a Hazy IPA. Well, as our IPA making has evolved, frankly, we found the rye malt distracting in the context of a hazy, as weโre just looking to create a simple, close to the vest malt bill for the hops to shine. So finally, we returned Wytchmaker to its original home โ American-Style Rye IPA.
We think this works because we find the earthiness of the rye complementary to the dank character we get from our lots of Columbus Cryo, Mosaic, and Simcoe. We went ๐๐๐๐๐ on the dank stuff here, with a massive first dry hop. Then we added some bright top notes with a second big dry hop of our hand-selected lots of Citra and Citra Cyro. Weโd say 2025 Wytchmaker really pops in the context of a harmonious, well-integrated whole.
Welcome home, Wytchmaker. We missed you. โค๏ธ