Introducing the
Bunker Hill Double IPA
Commemorating the Battle of Bunker Hill
Introducing our Bunker Hill Double IPA
for your enjoyment. This Bunker Hill IPA
has been re-engineered using Green Bullet (a
specialty hop from New Zealand) and Mozaic
hops. We dedicate this beer to Dr. Joseph Warren and all those Patriots who died in the first
major battle of the American Revolution.
ficers. Meanwhile, colonial forces were able to
retreat to Cambridge and regroup in good order
having suffered few casualties.
The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June
17, 1775, mostly on and around Breed’s Hill.
The battle is named after the adjacent Bunker
Hill, which was peripherally involved in the battle and was the original objective of both colonial
and British troops.
The British had taken the ground but at a great
loss; they suffered 1,054 casualties (226 dead and
828 wounded). A disproportionate number of
these casualties were officers. The casualty count
was the highest suffered by the British in any
single encounter during the entire war. General
Clinton remarked in his diary that “A few more
such victories would have shortly put an end
to British dominion in America.” British dead
and wounded included 100 commissioned officers. Many of General Howe’s field officers were
among the fatalities, including Major Pitcairn,
who had lead the British forces at Lexington and
Concord.
On June 13, 1775, the leaders of the colonial
forces besieging Boston learned that the British
were planning to occupy the surrounding hills
around Boston. In response to this intelligence,
1,200 colonial troops under the command of
William Prescott occupied Bunker Hill and
Breed’s Hill. They quickly constructed an earthen redoubt on Breed’s Hill, and built lightly fortified lines across most of the Charlestown Peninsula.
When the British were alerted to the presence
of the new position the next day, they mounted
an attack. After two frontal assaults on the colonial lines were repulsed with significant British
casualties, the British finally captured the positions on the third assault, after the defenders in
the redoubt ran out of ammunition.
The battle demonstrated that inexperienced colonial forces were willing, and able, to face regular British army troops in a pitched battle.
The famous order “Don’t fire until you see the
whites of their eyes” was popularized in stories
about the battle of Bunker Hill.
While the result was a victory for the British,
they suffered heavy losses, nearly 50% of their
force, including a notably large number of ofSons of Liberty Aleworks • Norco, CA • www.solaleworks.com