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South Jersey's own Flying Fish Brewing Company has debuted its newest craft beer — "NJ350" — in honor of New Jersey's 350th anniversary.

New Jersey's "birthday" is officially June 24, according to the New Jersey Historical Commission, but Flying Fish debuted the beer last month and will likely continue to pour the limited edition beer through the fall, according to Gene Muller, president of Flying Fish Brewing Company.



Muller explains the beer is a historic-style English Stock Ale made with historic and modern hops and black-strap molasses for what the brewery describes as a "hearty and complex" flavor.



"New Jersey started out as an English colony so we made an English-style beer called a stock ale," Muller said. "It would have been a traditional English ale from the time."



The beer also includes Cluster hops, the first variety of hops grown in the US for a piney aroma as a nod to the New Jersey Pine Barrens.

“As a brewery, we’re all about New Jersey,” said Muller. “We’ve done our Exit Series beers, and the Forever Unlove (F.U.) Sandy so we thought it would be a great idea to make an anniversary beer in honor of New Jersey’s birthday.”

NJ350 is available on draft and in 750ml champagne bottles from Flying Fish directly and throughout New Jersey. You can contact Flying Fish for additional locations at (856) 504-3442.

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Contact staff writer Pete Imbesi at 856-686-3631 or pimbesi@southjerseymedia.com.