The Beer: Over the years we have fallen in love with the tropical fruit forward hop varieties and we went straight for them with this IPA. You'll find big hop flavor and aroma, like that of west cost IPAs, but uniquely King Harbor in the flavor profile created by blending El Dorado, Azacca, and Centennial hops. The Story: When we started to plan our beers we agreed right away that an IPA was not going to be in the initial line up. It's a wildly popular style, but there are so many options with all of the hop varietals that we wanted to take our time to nail down our personal twist that would distinguish this beer from the endless available supply. So we took advantage of one of our core beers – The Quest single hop pale ale series – and essentially used it as a proving ground for hops. After the first batch of The Quest w / El Dorado we knew we had the key hop and once we brewed a pilot of The Quest w / Azacca we found our back up hop. Add in a little Centennial that we were already very familiar with and the King Harbor IPA was born.