Hella Does Exist
Altamont Beer Works

Alright nice little Northern California hella joke reduced to beer form. Pours golden with clarity into a 1918 Marquette jersey pint glass. Tanahashi chibi stands guard. 1.25" white head.

Lots to enjoy in the hop aromatics department. Nelson bangs away with its usual funky dankness, musty white grape, garlic, weed, body odor. Krush and Riwaka further the dankness pushing in Nelson's back.

Taste flips around and goes in on the least aromatic hop, Simcoe. There is the icy pine forest effect going on alongside that Nelson and Riwaka dank push. You end up with two of the harder aspects of drinkability for people who don't like ipas: high bitterness and high dankiness. Of course, if you're fully unapologetic about liking your ipas with some proprietary hopped brashness, this is likely up your alley. I thought any notions of citrus to the flavor profile were exaggerated. Body is light and nimble, staying neutral and out of the way. I liked it.

 

Been wanting to try this collaboration between Altamont and TDNE. Overall I liked it.
Plusses: Dankness on nose and palate. Great wcipa flavor.
Minus: Low on carbonation. Nearly flat. Maybe the can had a tiny leak.

 

 

 

 

 

This is a crisp and fruity big-hop brew. Pours a clear golden amber with plenty of foam in the Faust stein. Aromatic with peach and pine and grapefruit peel in the nose. Clean and lively on the tongue with some distinct acidity. Quite peachy flavored with hints of lemon, lime peel, and a barky finish. Rather bitter aftertaste, in line with the more robust IPAs, but a little more than I care for. From the 16 oz can purchased at O'Shea Brewing. Dated 1/19/24.