If you didn’t catch the last season of Jeopardy!, then you’re missing out on some record-setting streaks. Last season, Mattea Roach, a Canadian tutor, set the record for having the fifth-longest winning streak. Jeopardy! His record-breaking 23 wins in a row made history. Now, a brewery in Roach’s hometown of Halifax, Nova Scotia, is honoring Roach in a special way.
The Introducing ‘Who Is Mattea Roach?’Session IPA
On October 26, Jeopardy! 24 years old, super champion Mattea Rosach. If that sounds a bit young for one of the most successful names in game show history, you’d be right. Roach is the youngest Jeopardy! super champion in the show’s history, and she holds the fifth-longest win streak on record. This means that her name will remain in Jeopardy!For many years, record books will remain in existence.
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So, to celebrate her special day and her monumental achievements, a local brewery in Roach’s hometown of Halifax, Nova Scotia, has created a brew in her honor. On Wednesday, Big Spruce Brewery openedThe “Who Is Mattea Roach?”Session IPA. The canned version includes an illustrated roach at Jeopardy! podium, displaying her total winnings during her time on the show—$560,938 to be exact.
The brewery explained. An Instagram post, “Whaddya do when your hometown hero is on your fave TV show? You make a beer in her honour.”According to the same post the organic brew was “an aromatic & hop-forward (but ABV shy!) session IPA, bursting with notes of tangerine and pink grapefruit, a sly little selection to sip while cheering wildly for the bestest most greatest smarty-pants to grace the small screen.”
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While Roach’s streak came to an end last season, she’s slated to return to the podium in just a few weeks for the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions. The Super Champion Ryan Long will host the first quarterfinal on Monday, October 31. Roach and fellow Super Champs Amy Schneider, Matt Amodio will not be competing in the quarterfinals. They will instead automatically advance into the semifinals.
It’s clear that plenty of people (and businesses!) from Roach’s hometown will be rooting for her once she returns to the Jeopardy! stage. Ordering a product if you’re also in Canada is possible. “Who Is Mattea Roach?”Get an IPA to sip while Roach tests her trivia skills!