Beer Runner Beers: Track Town Triple Jump Pale Ale
By Tim Cigelske • Jun 29th, 2009 • Category: Beer Runner Beers
Flickr photo by Rich115
I never quite understood the concept of the triple jump.
Why not the double jump? Or quintuple jump? Why three jumps? It seems such an arbitrary number to measure multi-jumping prowess.
However, I am willing to overlook the peculiar characteristics of the triple jump on behalf of the Eugene City Brewery Track Town Triple Jump Pale Ale.
Rogue (which owns the Eugene City Brewery) introduced this beer for last year’s Olympic trials in Eugene, but I just discovered it yesterday at my neighborhood grocery store.
I would hop, skip and jump any sand pit to get my hands on this beer. It has old-school racing spikes on the label, hits you with plenty of hops and has a nice malty aftertaste. That’s a triple win.
And for any triple jumpers out there, I apologize. I’m sure you think that running an oval track over and over again is weird. Let me assure you, it is.
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Tim: Try their 200 Meter IPA. It’s even better, if I remember right from my trip to the Trials last year. It quickly became the favorite beer of my track buddies and me, and I’m pretty sure I put away a 10K of it at Villard Street Pub and at ECB itself.