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Gigabit IPA recipe is open-source!

From: http://code.google.com/p/gigabitipa/ When Google invited America to get inspired by gigabit fiber technology, Portland’s innovative geek and brewer communities responded by creating a fresh and edgy organic beer to answer Google’s call. Portland Gigabit IPA offers a massive NW hop aroma, rich citrus and pine accents aggressively balanced with clear malt caramel flavor, and a [...]

Gigabit IPA is Headed to Lafayette, Louisiana

This morning, Mayor Sam Adams, Cable and Franchise Management Director David Olson, Hopworks brewer Christian Ettinger and members of the beer, and tech communities met at the Portland International Airport to send a very special package to Lafayette, LA. Lafayette, which built the first municipal Fiber to the Home network in the US, is hosting [...]

First Pour of Gigabit IPA

You may have you wait til May for the 1 Gigabit Fat Pipe, but Gigabit IPA is bottled and ready to enjoy. Here’s your proof:

Portland Glassblowers Introducing Google 1 Gbit Fat Pipe

Hot on the heels of Hopworks’ Gigabit IPA, a few enthusiastic Portland glassblowers have announced the Google 1 Gbit Fat Pipe: In honor of Portland’s bid for Google’s historic 1 Gbit Fiber project, local glassblowers Andrew Clifton and Anthony Kaufman have created the Google 1 Gbit Fat Pipe. The 1 Gbit Fat Pipe promises an [...]

Hopworks Gigabit IPA Announcement

Please read on for complete details on the release of Hopworks’ Gigabit IPA. Portland Brews Up “Gigabit IPA” To Attract Google’s Fast Gigabit Fiber Network To Portland Google-inspired IPA will be introduced to the public from 4pm to 6pm, Friday, April 2, 2010, at Portland’s Green Dragon, where the city’s geeks and creatives meet for [...]

Hopworks Introducing Gigabit IPA

Kerry Finsand at Taplister has the exclusive scoop on Hopworks Urban Brewery’s upcoming Gigabit IPA. Kerry, Sheldon Renan and Teresa Boze put their networks to work and the wonderful folks at Hopworks stepped up to create a beer that will honor Portland’s efforts to see a high-speed, open fiber network built. The logo was created [...]