1. Mean 13 IPA - New England
6.2% ABV
59 IBU
13th Child Brewery
Williamstown, NJ
A hazy, juicy New England style IPA that is double dry hopped with a tank-bursting amount of Mosaic and Citra Hops, giving this tasty drink a perfect balance of citrus and tropical notes
Mother Leeds' 13th child
According to popular folklore, the Jersey Devil originated with a Pine Barrens resident named Jane Leeds, known as Mother Leeds. The legend states that Mother Leeds had 12 children and, after finding she was pregnant for the 13th time, cursed the child in frustration, crying that the child would be the
devil. During 1735, Mother Leeds was in labor on a stormy night while her friends gathered around her. Born as a normal child, the thirteenth child changed to a creature with hooves, a goat's head, bat wings, and a forked tail. Growling and screaming, it killed the
midwife before flying up the chimney and heading into the pines. In some versions of the tale, Mother Leeds was supposedly a
witch and the child's father was the devil himself. Some versions of the legend also state that there was subsequently an attempt by local clergymen to
exorcise the creature from the Pine Barrens, or that the creature proceeded to kill local children.
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