LogOff Brewing in Rancho Cordova is marking Veterans Day with a beer named for the date. 11/11 is a 7.2% ABV American IPA at 58 IBU, brewed with the Sac Beer Enthusiasts on the Yakima Chief Hops Veterans Blend, and it is on tap at the brewery starting Wednesday, Nov. 11.
The release details come from LogOff Brewing’s own weekly lineup, shared on its Instagram and website, and from a release write-up by JollyPint.
The hops behind LogOff Brewing’s 11/11
The Veterans Blend in this IPA is made up of four hops: Krush, Idaho 7, Citra and HBC 1134. JollyPint calls Krush, Idaho 7 and Citra established names, while HBC 1134 is still an experimental hop from the Hop Breeding Company, known by its code number rather than a brand name. You can look up several of them in our hop directory.
The blend has its own backstory. According to JollyPint, Yakima Chief Hops reselects it each year, with veterans who work in the beer industry assessing hop samples at the Craft Brewers Conference. For the current edition, JollyPint reports, the supplier pledged $1 for every pound sold to Soldiers’ Angels, a nonprofit nominated by breweries brewing with the blend through its Hops for Heroes program. Yakima Chief describes the mix as strong on stone fruit and tropical flavor, with woody, herbal and floral undertones, per the same write-up. We have not tasted 11/11, so those are the supplier’s notes, not ours.
BeerAlien has covered Soldiers’ Angels beers before, including LongTab Brewing’s Military City American Ale, and Yakima Chief’s other projects, such as its high-oil hop extract.
Veterans Day at LogOff Brewing
LogOff Brewing is running an all-day holiday happy hour on Nov. 11, and its weekly schedule lists Brewery Trivia with Trivia Gods that evening, billed as trivia plus comedy at 6:30 p.m. The Sweet Mother 101 food truck is scheduled from 3 to 7 p.m. JollyPint also notes a brewery graphic inviting drinkers to “Buy a Vet a beer.”
The taproom is at 3054 Sunrise Blvd., Suite J, in Rancho Cordova, and its website lists Wednesday hours of noon to 9 p.m. LogOff has not said how long 11/11 will pour or whether it will be canned, so treat it as a taproom release unless the brewery says otherwise.
Next up: In Case of Emergency
A second charity-minded IPA follows on Friday, Nov. 13. In Case of Emergency is a 7.3% ABV, 50 IBU West Coast IPA brewed with VEG, which LogOff describes as 24/7 emergency vets in Folsom, to support VEG’s CARE program for pets in critical need. The brewery says Citra brings bright citrus, Azacca adds mango and pineapple, and Simcoe finishes with pine, and calls the beer “crisp, clear and classically bitter.”
Friday at LogOff Brewing also includes Speakeasy Karaoke at 7 p.m. and a Hero Happy Hour, with $6 pints all day for first responders and community heroes who show a badge, according to the weekly schedule.
Two IPAs, two causes, one week in Rancho Cordova. Our crew would add only this: if someone near you at the bar served, the 11/11 graphic already told you what to do.
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