Damndeleven
Slippery Pig Brewing

 

Damnedeleven maybe is NOT properly a "bitter" in the classical British sense but if we're going to make everybody toe some mark on stylistic purity, about 3/4 of America's breweries will have to rename their beers. What Damndeleven IS, is a muscular, intense example of what Slippery Pig is all about. The rustic qualities that make Slippery Pig so appealing to its small, open-minded legion of fans are the same things many people don't like. In this case, tropical fruit notes and some funky herbals underpin the spruce-pine resins and cereal-ish malts at the core. Subtle caramel notes give it some bottom and the finish is like a candied tangerine peel. Dave Lambert chooses to classify this as a "bitter". Well, maybe it's really not. But enjoyment of beer is about more than nomenclature and those who obsess on such things should avoid Slippery Pig, altogether. That way, those of us who enjoy Dave's odd, eccentric ales can do so without all the static of rigid convention.

A: Poured a cloudy, chunky lightly burn orange color with overwhelming carbonation, meaning overly carbonated and a big white cap that took five minutes to settle.

S: Citrus, funk, banana?

T: Not sure what to make of this. I detected citrus, banana, wheat, funk, infection and booze

M: Hot, medium body

O: This beer was a trainwreck. Not only was it poor in quality, idenitfied by the appearance, smell and taste but it missed the mark by far as a "Bitter". An 11% Bitter?