HOUSTON, Aug. 6, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Saint Arnold Brewing Co. (www.saintarnold.com), the oldest craft brewery in Texas, is celebrating National IPA Day by giving Houston beer fans a sneak peak at Saint Arnold Art Car IPA, the brewery's new American IPA. Starting today, Art Car IPA will be available on tap in pubs and restaurants throughout Houston. In the coming weeks, Art Car IPA will begin appearing on tap in other select Texas markets, with cans coming later this year.
Saint Arnold Art Car IPA joins Saint Arnold Elissa IPA and Saint Arnold Endeavour – a double IPA – as year-round IPAs. It turns up the hops, featuring a blend of new and old hop varieties from the Pacific Northwest.
"Art Car IPA is a great complement to our current IPAs, with more fruit and citrus in the nose and a lighter malt backbone that allows the hops to really shine," said Saint Arnold Founder/Brewer Brock Wagner. "But this is not a one dimensional IPA – there is a nice complexity to the flavors. The taste starts with a big bitter blood orange that morphs into mangos and sweet tropical fruits."
Art Car IPA's name celebrates Saint Arnold's fleet of hand-painted art cars created by local artists. In fact, three of the brewery's art cars tied for first place for Best Commercial Entry in the 2015 Houston Art Car Parade, the oldest and longest art car parade in the world.
Photo assets are available for download:
- Label art: http://www.saintarnold.com/images/art_car_ipa_web.jpg
- Art Car IPA in a glass: http://www.saintarnold.com/images/pint_glass_mockup_art_car_ipa.jpg
- Saint Arnold Art Car photos are in this .zip file: http://www.saintarnold.com/images/art_cars_craig.zip
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About Saint Arnold Brewing Company
Saint Arnold Brewing's 16 brews are made and sold by the company's staff of 74 dedicated employees. Ranked 46th on the Brewers Association list of top craft breweries, Saint Arnold was listed by USA Today as one of the "10 great places to see what's brewing in beer," and Smart Meetings magazine named it among the "Top 5 breweries to host an event." Saint Arnold is located at 2000 Lyons Avenue and its brewery tour and tasting is offered every weekday at 3:00 P.M. and Saturdays starting at 11 A.M. For more information on Saint Arnold's eight year-round and five seasonal beers as well as root beer, log on to www.saintarnold.com.