Brewery News: Seattle: Maritime Pacific announces the release of "Regatta Series IPAs" #2 "The J-Class IPA"
Press Release
Maritime Pacific Brewing Company announces the launch of the second IPA
in
its 2016 “Regatta Series IPAs”
,
w
hich will
sail into the Seattle market on 4
th
of July Weekend
. We
continue our
IPA
salute to the
legendary America’s Cup Race, which
began
in 1851 with a race around the Isle of Wight for which the schooner “America” took home the prize
.
O
ur second
Special Limited Release
IPA heralds the birth of the
J-Class
boats, which raced from 1930 until 1937. Now commonly referred to as J-Class Yachts, these were the first yachts in an America’s Cup match to be governed by a formal design rule
.
The only design restrictions facing previous defenders and challengers had been minimum and maximum boat lengths as set forth in the Deed of Gift of 1857.
Only 10
J-Class
yachts were ever built to compete to this design
rule and receive an acceptable America
’
s Cup Race rating
of
between
65
and
76
.
The
introduction of th
is
new, formulated design rule inspired the creation of one of America’s top Cup defenders in the
J-Class
,
the beautiful new racing yacht
christened “Ranger” in honor of the famous U.S. frigate skippered by John Paul Jones. With an impressive 135.5 feet in overall length,
a new high-aspect Bermuda style rig with a Duralumin (
n
ew
a
luminum) mast and over 7,546 square feet of sail area, Ranger’s innovative design drew her a 76 rating, the highest in the new formulated class of boats competing for the America’s Cup. Ranger was built by the famous Bath Iron Works of Bath, MI and was funded and skippered by Harold Vanderbilt. Her solid design and technical advantages made her
so formidable that she went on to win straight victories in the 1937 America
’
s Cup Race.
She also became the last U.S. defender of the America’s Cup until after World War II
.
Today the
J-Class
lives on in the mega yacht world where
ver
racing enthusiasts still gather to watch replicas of these graceful
and
be
autiful yachts go head to head.
Maritime’s new
J-Class IPA
is our tribute to these magnificent racing yachts of yesterday.
The
J-Class IPA
Bold
spice
and
floral
nose with a soft malt body and
citrus
finish.
Hopped with Yakima Centennial, Summit and New Zealand Green Bullet Hops.
7.2% ABV 80 IBU