The Dreamer
Fiction Beer Company
- From:
- Fiction Beer Company
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- 81
- Avg:
- 3.32 | pDev: 18.37%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Jun 05, 2017
- Added:
- Sep 28, 2014
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
81
Good
81
Good
Inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s The Fairies’ Siege: The poem ends with the line, "Tis the Dreamer whose dreams come true!" Originally brewed as a hop-forward ale to survive the transoceanic journey from England to India, The Dreamer rewards those with an adventurous spirit and curious palate like the risk-takers who first exported the style.
A simple malt bill of American pale malt for a smooth and delicate malt flavor, the backbone of any good IPA. Our base grain is complemented by a touch of Crystal malt to help balance the hop bitterness and provide additional character. Where our beer shines is in the hop regime used. Starting with Apollo added to the boil kettle as we transfer the mash wort. After 60 minutes of boiling we add a hop blend called Falconers Flight. As we turn off the kettle and begin our whirlpool El Dorado and Mosaic are added. The wort is transferred through our hopback full of cascade. We then use multiple dry hop additions. The result of this process is to create an IPA that has a balanced bitterness and a huge punch of hop flavor and aroma...The Dreamer is not West Coast and not East Coast, but rather we thing of it as a Colorado IPA.
A simple malt bill of American pale malt for a smooth and delicate malt flavor, the backbone of any good IPA. Our base grain is complemented by a touch of Crystal malt to help balance the hop bitterness and provide additional character. Where our beer shines is in the hop regime used. Starting with Apollo added to the boil kettle as we transfer the mash wort. After 60 minutes of boiling we add a hop blend called Falconers Flight. As we turn off the kettle and begin our whirlpool El Dorado and Mosaic are added. The wort is transferred through our hopback full of cascade. We then use multiple dry hop additions. The result of this process is to create an IPA that has a balanced bitterness and a huge punch of hop flavor and aroma...The Dreamer is not West Coast and not East Coast, but rather we thing of it as a Colorado IPA.
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Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado
3.74/5 rDev +12.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev +12.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
not sure why all the ratings are so low for these guys. these need to be ignored, check this place out, its awesome. the had so many good beers on, and this ipa is definitely one of them. so much better than its ratings here. maybe they changed some stuff around, because i was into this one. very unique hop profile on it, fresh and vegetal, oily too, not sure what hops they use, but its not the generic dime a dozen type of hopping. the malt base has some body to it, but its not over balanced or sweet at all, this is all about the hops. i actually liked its moderate carbonation, it lets it longer a little longer with these hops i like so much. it was a shame i had this after their session ipa though, because that one, with its nelson and citra profile, was just amazing. this was a step short of that, but it was obvious that these guys are capable of making a range of really tasty ipa. i think the abv was up around 7%, and it felt about like that. that was really the only thing keeping me from having several of these. shocked others have liked it so little, i wonder if its changed over time?
Jul 05, 2015
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