Reuben’s Brews reunites Dream Team of 2017 3-Way IPA with Fort George and Great Notion
Reuben’s Brews is getting the Dream Team of PNW hazy brewers back together for an all-star repeat of one of the most popular 3-Way IPA’s.
In 2017 Fort George Brewery of Astoria, OR, invited Portland’s Great Notion Brewing and Seattle’s Reuben’s Brews to collaborate on the rotating annual 3-Way IPA series. 5 years later it’s still one of Reuben’s Brews most talked about and requested beers, some even believe the best ever of the 3-Way series. So for Reubens Brews 10th anniversary they wanted to get the 2017 team back together. Just don’t call it a comeback, because this time they aren’t just reprising their previous 3-way collab but making a fresh version that proves that they still got it.
When approaching the making of Dream Team hazy IPA the three brewers didn't want to replicate the exact beer from in 2017 but they did want to try to recreate and can up that same "magic" of the original through experimentation, creativity, the one-up-manship that yielded a huge hit on their first time out.
As Fort George Brewery Co-Founder Chris Nemlowill sees it, “This team created a truly innovative beer together in 2017 that helped usher in the Hazy ‘New England IPA’ style here on the West Coast. We all love pushing the boundaries, and this year’s collaboration is an innovative evolution of what we created back in 2017.”
the original 2017 iteration of Fort George, Reuben’s Brews, Great Notion 3-Way IPA
Dream Team Hazy IPA packs grapefruit, passionfruit, white wine, and stone fruit flavor across a very soft, very light, and pillowy hazy IPA. At 7.2% ABV, this brew is engineered to drive up the aromatics. Pilsner malt, plus flaked and malted oats, and flaked rice meet Cryo Simcoe, Nelson Sauvin, and Riwaka hops alongside Citra Incognito.
“With this new collaboration we didn’t just want to recreate the beer we brewed five years ago, so we focused on trying to recapture the magic that made that collaboration a success,” said Reuben’s Brews Co-Founder Adam Robbings. “We’ve all learned a lot since then, and we all brought new ideas to the table this time around. It felt like the old days, just having fun, trying new ideas, playfully one-upping each other.”
For James Dugan, Great Notion Brewing’s Co-Founder / Brewer, the thing that made this collaboration so strong is that each of the players shares the same goal: making the game more enjoyable for everyone. “It’s a real honor to come together again as part of the ‘Dream Team’,” said Dugan. “We’re all good friends on and off the court, and this collaboration reflects that. We just really enjoying playing together.”
Dream Team is the third release in Reuben’s Brews 10th Anniversary Collaboration Series and it hits Oregon and Washington markets this week in 16oz cans and draft.
The Dream Team Hazy IPA Portland release party is this Thursday March 10th at John's Marketplace. Beers and brewers from Reuben’s, Great Notion, and Fort George will be on hand to celebrate this special release.
The Seattle debut of Dream Team happens this Saturday 3/12 at Reuben’s Taproom.
After this week’s release events, Dream Team will be available on draft and in 4-packs of 16-ounce cans in distribution around the Pacific Northwest.