If you’ve been to Longship before, chances are you had a wonderful encounter with our Assistant Brewer, Chuck. He has been here since before we first opened our doors (he started on June 22, 2016) and as a staple employee, he is part of the charm that comes with paying a visit to our tasting room. Chuck is a former Aviation Life Support Systems Technician in the United States Marine Corps, and has dabbled in all sorts of trades including tech support, electrician, woodworking, plumbing and more. He is a key team member for every brew we do, and a great asset to have behind the bar and behind the scenes. Chuck is our “one-of-a-kind-handyman-Mr.-Fix-It-Jack-of-all-trades” and we want to celebr
Our latest voyage in craft beer exploration led us to create our new West Coast-style IPA. We took a look at the Longship draft board and decided to add a traditional West Coast style IPA to our collection. This hop-forward, tropical gem is a perfect batch of beer for the hopheads that walk through our tasting room doors every day. In true Longship form, we explored daring new flavor combinations which resulted in a unique and perfectly balanced IPA that boasts tropical fruit aroma and citrusy flavors of Galena and Topaz hops. West Coast-style IPAs are typically focused on the expression of hop aroma and flavor. They tend to have a very noticeable hop aroma when smelling the beer (smell is 9
