Vanilla Bean Porter will be release on MONDAY January 16th.  It will be sold as new and refill growlers, priced as $10 refills and $15 new fills.  It is only available at the brewery.. and while it lasts!

Last year we made a Tahitian Vanilla Bean Porter, named mostly because the vanilla beans that we got from our good friend Ian Sullivan at the Underground Bakery were from Tahiti.  This year they did not.  They came from Madagascar.  So this led us to wonder…

Madagascar vs. Tahitian Vanilla Beans. What’s the Difference?

And here is that we found, thanks to ehow.com

Different types of vanilla beans have different applications and uses. Madagascar and Tahitian vanilla beans are no exception. When comparing the two, keep in mind the properties that differentiate them, such as flavor profile and origin. These vanilla beans are different and therefore have different purposes.

Origin

• Madagascar vanilla beans are grown on the islands of Reunion and Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. According to Encyclopaedia Britannica, about 75 percent of the world’s supply of vanilla comes from this region. Tahitian vanilla is much more rare. It’s native to Oceania, a cluster of islands in the Pacific Ocean.

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Why Are We Out of Cape Cod IPA? What’s Batch 930, and what are these $5 refills?

To err is human, and we made a mistake.  A hop substitution made to batch #930 of Cape Cod IPA has resulted in a beer that we do not believe meets our quality control and consistency standards for sale as Cape Cod IPA.  Our commitment to quality and consistency of our products restricts us from selling this beer as Cape Cod IPA, but also leaves us without IPA for sale.

The resulting beer, Batch 930, is a perfectly drinkable beer.   It slightly resembles our IPA, but lacks the upfront bite that our IPA typically has.

We apologize for any inconvenience that this sudden IPA outage might cause for our retail customers.  We will be selling Batch 930 at a discount ($5 refill/$10 new fill) until we have Cape Cod IPA back in stock.  We expect to have Cape Cod IPA back in stock at the brewery on January 17^th.

Rest assured that none of this beer was sold as Cape Cod IPA, so that beer you find out in the marketplace, on tap and in growlers, is indeed Cape Cod IPA.  Batch 930 will only be available at the brewery and only until Cape Cod IPA is back on tap.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this information, don’t hesitate to call us at 508-790-4200.