Mad Mad Mad Fat Fat Fat! Third Anniversary
Interboro Spirits and Ales

Well, it finally happened. After a CANcerted effort on my part, The CANQuest (tm) has now exhausted its backlog of Interboro CANlaboration CANs! No problem, though, as there is still a huge backlog to run through, including Interboro-only beers, CANtinuing with this one. In fact, this was to have been the last one until a CANlaboration CAN showed up on the shelf in my reefer. Onwards!

From the CAN: "Double Dry Hopped Triple India Pale Ale with Lactose"; "Come Visit Us and Our Tasting Room".

It is kind of early (0630, EDT, Twilight Zone), but since rain is in the forecast, my original plan to go over to my mom's house & bake … cookies has been put on hold until tomorrow. I got a cookie cutter in the shape of their cat logo from Hokkaido & I am CANxious to try it out. This will also allow me to be one of the first in WBAYDN #2713!

I beCAN this momentous ocCANsion with a Crack! of the vent. Next, a CANundrum - my standard slow, gentle C-Line Glug or a more heavy-handed freely-flowing Glug, given their description in the Notes? I went with the former & I was glad that I did! It formed a one-finger cap of dense, foamy, eggshell-white head with excellent retention, for one thing. For CANother, it was a beautiful Golden-Amber (SRM = > 5, < 7) with just an-oh-so-slight haze! I would chalk it up to a chill haze CANming as it did from my rather chilly reefer, but for their copping to its intended haze. I extended an invite to The Gelt Gang of Midas, Croesus & Mammon and while they might normally have declined, they showed up since it was a CANniversary! Nose was … well, let's just say that they weren't kidding with the " … dank pineapple" bit. It also had a tropical quality, but they did not let the Wai-iti & Calypso hops get carried away as they easily could have. Mouthfeel was dense, thick & creamy, like a dollop had been scooped into my mouth and onto my tongue. First, the very pleasant taste rendered it EXTREMELY dangerous at 10%! It was quite fruity, both tropical & citrusy, but not overly sweet. The flavors of pineapple, peach, apricot, orange, tangerine, mango, guava and papaya all worked really well together & the Pilsner malt made for a solid, if unobtrusive, backbone. I was reveling in their Anniversary as a result. Leather is the traditional gift, so I took out the whip that I keep on hand for when CANpony comes over & beCAN to self-flagellate. Finishing, I came back to the beer to CANsider its finish. It finished in that Twilight Zone between semi-sweet & semi-dry & I have to dun it/them for that. Otherwise, this was a fitting beer with which to celebrate & begin CANother shut-in day of social isolation. YMMV.