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Southern Grist Brewing Co.

 

6-week-old can enjoyed in a Teku glass.

I like the collabs Southern Grist does with other breweries I’m familiar with because you typically get some familiar notes and personality from both actually showing up in the beer. Definitely the case here where this could easily be mistaken for a pure Hop Butcher hazy. Gorgeous light-orange-gold opaque fluid with a creamy and starchy element to it. Pungent tropical fruit notes, citrus rind, creamsicle, and wonderful dank greens. Big pineapple flavor with other semi-sweet fruit notes, balanced by some sharp bitterness and pith. A touch starchy with a little green bite, but the level of sweetness in the beer keeps it from being truly abrasive except for the very end of the aftertaste. Silky smooth and wonderfully coating, though not sticky or chewy.

Remove the starchy green burn (an unfortunate trait of many Hop Butcher beers, I’ve found, plus some larger ABV SG collabs in general) and this would be pretty world class. As is, it’s still a really fun and enjoyable offering that represents both breweries well.