Four Day Ray Brewing places third in experimental category with ‘Hot Pink’

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Fishers’ Four Day Ray Brewing recently took home a bronze medal for its Hot Pink brew during the Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colo.

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Four Day Ray Brewing’s beer Hot Pink recently placed third in an experimental category. (Submitted photo)

The beer was entered into the experimental category, and it was originally brewed as a summer beer.

“The Hot Pink base beer is our blonde and then we brewed it with the strawberries and rhubarb and jalapeno,” said Brian Graham, FDR owner and brewer. “The inspiration for it was it was summertime when we put this beer together and we wanted something that was refreshing but we had not done a pepper beer this point. We wanted to do something light and refreshing; we are in Indiana and we were playing on some of those points.”

FDR entered four beers into the competition. Overall, more than 8,000 beers were entered. There were 98 categories. In the experimental category, 94 beers were entered. Hot Pink placed third.

“When we put it together, my assumption was if we won for anything it would be this beer,” said Mitch Ackerman, head of brewery operations at FDR. “It was put in the experimental category which is basically for beers that don’t fit into any other category. The beer has to have aspects that fit into two other categories and (Hot Pink) fit into three. It was something that was different enough and the creativity part was different enough to peak judges’ interests, and it was good.”

According to Graham, Hot Pink’s flavor is jam-like at the beginning and ends with the heat from the jalapenos. Hot Pink’s namesake is from the pink hue the beer has.

Hot Pink was a summer offering, and although there’s one keg of it left, it’s not currently available. Graham said the beer may be on tap next summer as it’s a seasonal brew.

GABF is only the second competition FDR has entered in. The first was at the Indiana State Fair where the brewery took home a bronze medal for its brown ale.

For more, visit fourdayray.com.


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