3rd Anniversary Ale
2SP Brewing Company

Par for my goofy course - I was focused on beers from Sterling Pig (Media, PA) & 2SP (Aston, PA), initially thinking that they were in the same city! Aston is only six (6) miles from Media, which my have led to my CANfusion, but I spent the day alternating between the two. I am CANtinuing to run through my backlog of 2SP beers at this point as brewed by my old buddy, "Big" Bob Barrar of 2SP. Bob & I go WAY back, to when he was apprenticing under his brother-in-law, Jim CANcro, at Red Bell. "Big" Bob really is big, a giant of a man with a Russian Cossack-like black beard. He is like our Lt. Gov. Fetterman - security? Who needs security? I AM security! What happened to "Big" Bob after Red Bell quit ringing? He only went to work at Iron Hill (Media) where he became their most-medaled, especially at GABF, ever! Now, you know the rest of the story!

From the CAN: "New England IPA"; Brewed with Chinook[,] Centennial[,] Mandarina Bavaria[,] Nugget[,] Cascade[,] Columbus[,] Galaxy"; "Everything We CAN't Drink, We CAN".

All right! Happy Anniversary! I beCAN with a Crack! of the vent, followed by a slow, gentle C-Line Glug. As usual, it foamed up of its own acCANd until I had to surrender & stop. It formed just under two fingers of dense, foamy, rocky, French Vanilla-colored head with excellent retention. Color was a hazy Golden-Amber (SRM = > 5, < 7). Nose smelled very tropical & while that is not normally my thing, I have been satiated of late, so I was kinda diggin' it. It smelled like a pleasant mélange of the usual suspects, including mango, papaya, guava and passionfruit as well as light pine & grapefruit. Mmm. I was now very curious to have a taste. Mouthfeel was medium. The taste was less sweet than many involving tropical hops with a light bitterness to help offset some of the intense sweetness that I often get in such beers. Don't get me wrong - there was a LOT of tropical fruit flavor in this one, but it was acCANponied by such as honeydew melon, lemon, grapefruit, pine & simply a general dankness. Phew! Way to CANebrate your anniversary, 2SP! Finish was semi-dry & actually quite refreshing. The sticky lacing that was left behind put me in mind of the early days of ADIPAs. I would drink this again. YMMV.

 

 

16 oz can poured into an imperial pint.

Appearance
Medium haze. Blonde. Light yeast sediment. Light carbonation. Short creamy white head.

Nose
Papaya, peach, mango, dank, grass, grapefruit, orange, and honey.

Taste
Gooseberry, tangerine, and orange cream. Peach, mango, and papaya. Grapefruit, dank, pine, and noble grass. Light honey and candy sugar maltiness.

Mouthfeel
Medium bodied, crisp, smooth, juicy, and lightly bitter.

Overall
Very well done Anniversary beer. Complex, tropical, and smooth.

 

Not nearly worth the price