Upland Harvest Ale

I agree, had a couple pints at Twenty Tap and thoroughly enjoyed, one of the better fresh hops I've had.

 

Perhaps it was timing. I had the Upland Harvest following a Dirtwolf and was underwhelmed. Perhaps my expectations were too high. Given other citra hop based beers, and the fact that this is fresh hops, I thought the hop aromas, taste, etc should have been more hop forward.

 

i tried this beer last weekend and thought it was great. It was on sale for 7.99 too...can't beat that.

 

Yes, timing. I think what went wrong was drinking it after dirt wolf. Comparing a world class (IMO) IIPA to a world class (IMO) APA, in that order, is never going to do justice to the APA. One could drink a zombie dust after a dirt wolf and wonder what went wrong with ZD.

On this note, I had a Dirt Wolf at twenty tap last night and that beer, like the others mentioned in this thread, is absolutely superb.

 

Any idea when this will be released for 2014? I'll be in Bloomington next week and would be great to find this around town.

 

I want to say I saw it at the 3rd Street Sahara Mart but I'm not 100% sure of that. One of the things that sucks about Indiana is when Upland bottles a beer the distributors send it to Indy and other areas before it gets on a shelf in Bloomington. I still don't think Teddy Bear Kisses is available here yet although it's been out for 2 weeks or more.

 

Uplands Harvest ale is really tasty. That and Teddybear Kisses are the two highlights outside of their sour program IMO

 

best = Coastbuster
TBK = good
bbl TBK = great

 

Coast Buster is goddamn amazing! Already downed 8 bottles in a week.

 

^ this.

its the best upland beer, and its not even close. top 5 (dare i say it) dipa.

 

Is it a seasonal or one off? It reminds me of Toppling Goiath IPAs.

 

it's not a one-off. I think it was originally intended as a one off several months ago - but it became clear very quickly that the response was much too positive not to brew it again. there's been (I think) two more batches. it's a no-brainer that this beer should replace double dragonfly, which, uhm, shall we say isn't nearly as good.

 

That is exciting. It also reminded me of LakeFront Breweries first ever IIPA this spring, which was a one off. I was disappointing that I would not have it again and then ran into Coast Buster and could not believe the similarity. This is a top IIPA that I can find in WI and I prefer it over New Glarus Scream, so I hope it has a semi regular brewing cycle.

 

I'm starting to see it across town. I've made it through 1-4 pack so far, will probably get another! I also agree with what everyone else saying about Coastbuster - easily Uplands best offering and it's readily available now.

From what I've heard, it's going to be part of their everyday line up. I don't consider it better than Heady, and I've never had Scream, but it's certainly good enough to be a 'go to' when I don't feel like trading for one of the 'top' DIPAs. Furthermore, it's good enough that I haven't felt the need to trade to get a great DIPA since it's bottle release.

 

I'll still claim that Upland Harvest is their best 12oz offering. I really enjoy Coast Buster as well but for the style, there are many better DIPAs out there. I can't think of a wet hop/harvest beer that's better than Upland's. That said, I really dislike the 4 pack for $10 instead of the six pack for $10-$12 last year. Still worth it, but that's a lot of inflation for a year.

 

Could someone give me an idea of the bottling date of Coastbuster? Bottles are notched enjoy by Nov, but is that by the end of beginning of the month? I drank my last bottle and it is starting to go down hill; noticed the hops had a slight onion flavor. I have no real idea how fresh this was in the beginning of October. Was it bottled in the beginning of September or earlier? Trying to get an idea of its shelf life.