• Coffee Pale Ale Release
• 2030 SE 7th Ave Portland, OR 97214
• March 31st, 4:00 PM

Ground Breaker Brewing, the first 100% dedicated gluten-free brewery in the United States, is set to deliver up their first Experiment Ale Series installment of 2017. Coffee Pale Ale is slated for release on March 31.  

While the Experiment Ale Series from Ground Breaker sees unique releases every year, Coffee Pale Ale is a spring mainstay in the line-up. The combination of Equal Exchange’s Medium Peruvian roast coffee with a specially formulated pale ale was selected by the guests in the Ground Breaker Gastropub. “Having our own pub gave us the ability to try several coffee/beer combinations and get an immediate response from our customers,” said Ground Breaker’s head of R&D, James Neumeister. He continued, “When it comes to coffee, people think dark beer would be the obvious winner but no other coffee beer we made matched the positive response we received using this pale ale and coffee combination.”

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Ground Breaker’s Coffee Pale Ale release comes at the tail end of a successful Portland Dining Month for the Gastropub. Customers that come in for the release on Friday the 31st will be able to enjoy the last night of Portland Dining Month with Ground Breaker’s three-course meal of Clams Casino, Duck Pate Ravioli, and a Tiramisu Cupcake made by Kyra's Bake Shop. 

Three small-batch Taproom Exclusives will be accompanying the Coffee Pale Ale on draught. Vanilla Cream features additions of lactose, a generous amount of vanilla, and extra coffee. Mexican Chocolate includes chillis, cinnamon, cocoa nibs and vanilla . Finally, Valencia Coffee Pale Ale is a variant with lactose, oranges, cocoa nibs, vanilla and extra coffee. 

About Equal Exchange
Equal Exchange, a pioneer in Fair Trade since 1986, is a full service provider of high quality, organic coffee, tea, chocolate and other foods to customers across the United States. 100% of Equal Exchange products are fairly traded, benefiting more than 75 small farmer co-operatives in 40 countries around the world. Beans for this Coffee Pale Ale come from Peru, where Equal Exchange has partnered with Cooperativa Nor Andino for nearly 15 years.
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(Portland, OR) – Ground Breaker Brewing, the gluten-free destination brewery out of Portland, Oregon, is set to release the darkest beer they’ve ever made. Imperial Darkness will be released through the brewery’s Roll-Up Door Series. Limited quantities in a 22 ounce package and on draught will be available starting January 25th through the brewery and gastropub, located at 2030 SE 7th Ave in Southeast Portland. Imperial Darkness will also be available for online purchase exclusively through Bring on the Beer, the Pacific Northwest's #1 online craft beer store. 

“It’s the darkest beer we’ve ever made,” said Tyler Kueber, brewmaster at Ground Breaker. Kueber pointed out just how long this beer has been in the making, “we’ve been developing this beer for over a year, with the first test batch released exclusively for our Yes We Can! Release Party.”

Imperial Darkness is a 9% ABV imperial dark ale made with deeply roasted chestnuts, lentils, and cacao nibs. Fermented with generous amounts of vanilla and Equal Exchange coffee, this beer has a complex wave of cocoa, coffee, vanilla, and caramel flavor and aroma. With 62 IBU, Nugget and Willamette hops provide just enough bittering for a well-balanced imperial dark ale.

About Bring on the Beer
Bring on the Beer is a trusted online beer store making the most highly sought after, award-winning, hand crafted beers of the Pacific Northwest available to people across the US. We specialize in delivering the best tasting and hardest to find brews anywhere.
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About TCHO
TCHO is New American Chocolate. What does it take to make New American Chocolate? Obsession. Obsession with flavor. Obsession with innovation. Obsession over fusing the two to craft the very best chocolate, from bean to bar.
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About Equal Exchange
Equal Exchange, a pioneer in Fair Trade since 1986, is a full service provider of high quality, organic coffee, tea, chocolate and other foods to customers across the United States. 100% of Equal Exchange products are fairly traded, benefiting more than 75 small farmer co-operatives in 40 countries around the world. Beans for this Coffee Pale Ale come from Peru, where Equal Exchange has partnered with Cooperativa Nor Andino for nearly 15 years.
http://equalexchange.coop/

(Portland, OR) – When the autumn clouds in the Pacific Northwest darken the skies in earnest, Ground Breaker Brewing darkens the beer. The first 100% dedicated gluten-free brewery in the United States is set to release Cascadian Dark Ale. This is the brewery’s seventh release of the year in their Experiment Ale Series.

“IPA is an extremely popular style of beer,” remarked James Neumeister, Head of R&D at Ground Breaker Brewing. “CDA combines the bittering and aromatic qualities prominent in an IPA with the body, texture, and malt flavor of a darker ale. It’s an IPA-like beer especially suited to fall and winter.”

Ground Breaker’s Cascadian Dark Ale clocks in at 48 IBU and 6% alcohol by volume. The beer features late additions and dry hopping with Centennial and Cascade hops.

Ground Breaker Brewing’s Cascadian Dark Ale will be released on draught and in 22 ounce bottles on November 29th in the Ground Breaker Brewing Gastropub. The gastropub will also have two taproom exclusive versions of their Cascadian Dark Ale available. A dry hopped version of the Cascadian Dark Ale will feature Neomexicanus hops, a variety native to the United States, first discovered in New Mexico. A cold-brewed coffee version of the CDA will be available. Cascadian Dark Ale will be available at locations in Ground Breaker territory beginning in the first week of December.

Autumn! The harvest, the beautiful leaves, the cool weather, and of course, the beer. Ground Breaker Brewing is releasing their annual batch of Squash Ale, a unique gluten-free beer made with over three hundred pounds of locally grown squash from family-owned and operated Love Farm Organics. This is the brewery’s sixth release of the year in their Experiment Ale Series.

Boasting over twenty-five pounds of Connecticut Field and Sugar pie pumpkin per barrel, Squash Ale is crafted with a unique production process that makes it unlike other seasonals. After being picked, the squash is sliced, quartered, seeded, then roasted in a giant oven at Jensen’s Bread & Bakeries, a local dedicated gluten-free bakery. 

Ground Breaker’s one-of-a-kind seasonal is “triple-squashed.” Squash is added to the mash tun, boil kettle, and fermenter. Seeds are toasted, crushed, and also added to the mash. The ale has a “wet-squash” addition to the fermenter which consists of squash that has been slow roasted for several days into a creamy squash butter. 

“It’s a difficult beer to make, it’s a long process. We make it because we love it and our customers love it,” commented James Neumeister, Ground Breaker’s head of R&D. “It is one of the few beers in our Experiment Ale Series that we release every year.”

Squash Ale will be released on draught and in 22 oz bottles on October 26th in the Ground Breaker Brewing Gastropub. Three Squash Ale taproom exclusives will be available on draught at the gastropub, cranberry, spiced latte, and garam masala. Squash Ale will be rolling out to stores in Ground Breaker territory following the release.

Ground Breaker Brewing, the first 100% dedicated gluten-free brewery in the United States, brought home a Gold Medal for their Dark Ale in the Gluten-Free Beer category from the 2016 Great American Beer Festival®. It is the fifth GABF medal the company has brought home in as many years, and the second GABF Gold Medal in the Gluten-Free Beer category for Dark Ale. The 2012 and 2013 Bronze Medals in the Gluten-Free Beer category for Pale Ale were won as Harvester Brewing, the brewery’s former name. Founder James Neumeister accepted the award.

In honor of winning the Gold, Dark Ale is currently available on nitro at the Ground Breaker Brewing Gastropub. However, the brewery will take no pause for celebration as they are set to release the latest gluten-free beer in their Experiment Ale Series. It will be their fifth release in the series this year. 

Route 20 IPA, a single-hop India Pale Ale, clocks in at 50 IBU and 6% alcohol by volume. The unique IPA was designed to get all of its bittering, flavor and aroma from late additions of Santiam hops. Santiam hops, known for their decorate floral aroma, carry hints of peppery spice. 

Route 20 IPA is currently available at the Ground Breaker Gastropub in Portland, OR and will begin to be distributed to Ground Breaker territories the third week of October.