Redhook remembers the first time he realized what a “spoiler” was. He was about seven years old and was watching Superman: The Movie with Christopher Reeve on his parents’ Laserdisc player.
About halfway through the movie, Redhook’s jerky big brother walks in and says, [ACTUAL SPOILER ALERT] “This is awesome. Lois dies at the end and then Superman gets mad and flies around the Earth really fast and reverses its rotation so it spins backward and then they all go back in time 20 minutes and Lois comes back to life and then Superman captures the bad guys.” [END OF SPOILER]
After totally ruining the movie, Redhook’s brother plopped down on the couch and ate all of Redhook’s popcorn. Not cool.
In a similar spoiler-esque fashion, it seems word has leaked out about a little surprise we’d had planned for late Spring: the release of Big Ballard IPA.
Much like Superman reversing the rotation of the Earth, Big Ballard IPA takes us on a journey back in time, hearkening back to our early roots in an old Ballard transmission shop where we first brewed Ballard Bitter.
Big Ballard IPA is, as the name says, big and hoppy with robust 8.6% ABV. We can’t wait to unveil it at our release party “” which is not at any of the venues that have been reported, btw. Where will the party be held? Stay tuned. We’ll let you know when the time comes.
