Nelson Fuel
Altamont Beer Works

Here comes one of my favorite beers of 2020. Bought a 4 pack and went immediately to the disc golf course down the street, was funny to see that dude all by himself outdoors playing in a mask.

Pours a light amber/orange/golden color with light cloudiness and a 1/2" white head. The aroma kicks ass. Diesel meets sulphur, body odor, hippie, weed, white grape must, grapefruit, papaya. Holy moly, this is one of the greatest smelling beers of any style, but I really think it is the gold standard for IPL. Ron Simmons: Damn.

Damn son, the taste is up there too. I've had Jack's Abby IPL, and its really good stuff, and 2nd place is nothing to sneeze at. But this, this captures what I could drink like, every day, forever. Super clean pilsner like malt bill, lager yeast and a grip of Nelson hops allows this beer to pop so hard and good. How something can be so crisp and clean, and yet danky is a great play on opposite ends of things. Seems like they might have lost the Willie imagery on more recent cans, so I guess I'm glad I got this when I did. Can't wait for the next time.

I bought a 4-pack just after the store received it and before it was even on the shelves (dated 5/7/19 troublemaker). So I was surprised by the lack of carbonation and the surface was almost completely flat within a minute with none of the usual artifacts of a well-made beer. The smell was mild but interesting. Nelson Sauvin is my favorite hop and the taste came through which redeemed this beer - rather sweet with some of the pure Nelson flavors but maybe with some other hops. Enjoyable overall and I give it a 4.5 flavor score for those who love Nelson hops but far from a perfect beer.

Can stamped 05/07/2019.
This was poured into a lager glass.
The appearance was a semi-glossy transparent golden yellow color. Small foamy white head settled off at a decent pace. Concave lace slid with the sips.
The aroma had a soft pillowy laundry fresh clean scent running through some danky tones, not so earthy or oniony but it's a different kind of dankiness. Dare I say herbal danky? Is that a thing, yet? Hmmmmm...
The flavor leaned towards the sweet end pulling in some floral hops and a super light biscuity character. Fairly crisp slightly danky aftertaste of danky to clean laundry character.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied with a fair sessionability about it - I could come back to having full sips, almost gulping this. Good carbonation. Finish was somewhat dry with a fantastic mobility to it, light danky/soft sweet pillows.
Overall, odd lager to me. If this was a full blown lager with only Nelson hops, I'm going to wave the bullshit flag on this one. Don't get me wrong, the Nelson Sauvin is there, there's just another hop too that the brewer isn't telling us. I'd still come back to this.

Can. CLEAR gold with lasting head and lace. LIght orange lemon lime and herbal aroma. Clean lightly toasted grains with a little citrus and cereal and leafy herbal in the medium bitter clean finish. Light and lively. Excellent.

This is my favorite Altamont beer. I've always wanted to like Altamont since they're somewhat local to me but they continue to underwhelm. This beer could change my opinion. Basically, it's an imperial pale lager impersonating a pale ale. Would love to see this beer brewed again!