What beer are you drinking now? #586

First day off since last Tuesday, and I've decided to join the breakfast club. Founders Breakfast Stout and an Auntie Anne's pretzel for breakfast.

 

zombie dust and ghost tulips.

 

Lagunitas Little Sumpin Sumpin.
One of my current favorites.

 

coffee? coffee.

 

dundee India Pale Ale

 

About time to go all "NBS" on your asses again.



Best by July. Poured May 29th. $2.79 single.

Appearance: Aggressive pour filled the pint glass perfectly. Creamy off-white head with a slight tan hue. The beer is slightly hazy with a deep golden/light amber color. Pretty much a wall of lacing down the glass. Awesome. (4.75/5)

Smell: One interesting thing I pick up right away are what seem to be some sort of pale malt that I don't get too often in this style. There's also a pine hop aroma with citrus underneath that. I also get a funky sort of smell to it that maybe isn't supposed to be there (though I've had it in some beers where it was there on purpose), and it's almost like a sweaty sock or old cheese. Is that the yeast? That smell is probably a reach as it's there very slightly, but I'm picking it up, and it's intriguing me a little bit, but at the same time putting me off... I mean, who wants those smells with the rest of the aromas? (3.75/5)

Taste/feel: Interesting and distinct -- in a world full of DIPAs, a lot of them have very similar flavor profiles, but Blast! has something unique about it, and I'm not too sure what it is. Firstly, I feel like they use a malt not-so-commonly-used in a DIPA -- a really pale, sweet malt... almost like crystal? There's also a huge piney hop profile that's accentuated by citrus and maybe some mango/papaya with a tea sort of ester. Finish is sweet and juicy, but at the same time semi-dry and spicy. Awhile after the sip there's a mild lingering bitterness, but overall, this is a pretty sweet DIPA. This beer has a medium/full body with about a moderate carbonation with a slight prickliness. Again, if you're craving a sweet, malty, but still pleasantly hoppy DIPA, this ought to be right in your wheelhouse. (4.25/5, 4/5)

I'm drinking this one down fast -- it's drinkable as hell, and quite unique, like I said. $2.79 for a single bottle may seem a bit high, but considering the prices of some other DIPAs out there that I find less successful, it's not too bad. The bottle says "strangely quaffable and oddly compelling", and that's exactly what I thought before even reading that on the label.

(4.25/5)

4.15/5

 

Good morning BAs - technically it's still AM here in the east. Had to take my wife and her friend to PGH airport earlier so now I get to have my breakfast beer. In keeping with my self-imposed theme today's fabulous selection is:



This guy is delicious - wonderfully grapefruity - just a joy to drink! Too bad it isn't available around here - I got this jewel in Michigan a couple of weeks back.

 

I am still completely unable to pour a proper Black & Tan, but this was still amazingly delicious!

 

Tyranena Rocky's Revenge Bourbon Brown

 

Had no idea these guys were already canning.Not the hop bomb the name would suggest but decent nonetheless

 

GI Matilda; I like her, just not as much as I like her sisters.

 

"Storm King Imperial Stout" by Victory Brewing Company

 

I'd give it a 3.75/5

 

Just a great, great beer!

 

Oh! What a great beer this is!

 

I think they did a really good job with this one!

 

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