What beer are you drinking now? #1677

Good afternoon BAs!
I got me some New Beer!! Yay, how exciting to welcome the Ithaca Brewing Co to Maine.
I saw a very fresh 12 pack and couldn't not buy it. Can date of 5/13/17.
Flower power: balanced Midwest style IPA with 5 hops and dry hopped 5 different times during brewing process.
Wow. It's everything it promises to be. Punchy: check : it has a great piney, floral and grapefruit bite
Soothing: good bready Malts backbone.
Refreshing and balanced.
Great new beer and please keep it coming fresh like this!!
@utopiajane finally I taste something from your neck of the woods!! Pine woods.
Cheers.

 

The recent shelfies thread stimulated me to grab a mixed handful of stuff yesterday . . .





Beautiful clear gold color with white cap and good lacing.

Aroma is very piney, citrusy, hop forward.

Taste is hop forward with malt apparent more in the body than flavor. Malt is there but it's an underlayer. The brew doesn't strike me as very complex but it does have great balance. Clean but long, and I mean long, lingering bitter hop aftertaste.

Overal at 8.1% and 95 IBUs one expects a blockbuster. This one's big, even brawny, but lacking in finesse. The trailer truck load of hops dominate the flavor almost to exclusion of the malt. This is a brew for hop fanciers or those who want to see what a big hop brew is about. My rating is not as high because I find this one similar to a lot of IPAs, just with more stuffing. More of everything without actually being more flavorful.

 

Matt's Burning Rosids. An occasional Imperial Cherrywood-Smoked Saison from Stone. Had it before some time ago. I realy like it. It is smoked, but not with a heavy smoke taste like in a German Rauchbier.
Bit high on alcohol with 10,5%, but in balance with the taste. Keeping the second part for a nightcap later this evening.
Cheers!

 

My thoughts exactly. Nicely described.

 

I have to redo my taste test. Just to double check, for the sake of science, of course!!
I have to say I find it very similar, especially in aftertaste, to Bells Two Hearted Ale.
That surely fills the void for this style of IPA in Maine.
Cheers.

 

Ok, let's see if this works:
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale on tap @Old Chicago for lunch.

Still can't get imigur to work with Firefox on my phone to post the image.

 

Lord Hobo Boom Sauce. @bowzer4birdie look a pretty clean glass!

 

I don't know. The WWS might make you more witty and charming.

 

Enjoying a quiet moment in the woods with my local favorite before getting back to the garage purge. It's always exciting when the poppies finally bloom. A beautiful sight if only for a couple of weeks.

 

Such a tragedy. A really poor round of golf, followed by the disappointment of no Torpedo in the grille (even though they promised me two weeks ago that they'd get it). I had to make do with Redhook Longhammer, not even close to Torpedo.



Home now, paying bills (another onerous chore) and drinking S.W.A.G.
Oh, and my new cookbook arrived!

 

A beautiful picture!

 

Magic Rock/Other Half Brewing - Half Cut DIPA.

 

Giving this brew a try for my birthday. As a former "Cali" resident, I find the name amusing. Lets see what its all about shall we?

Short's Brew I Got 5 On It american india pale ale %7.6 ABV.A blend of 5 Hops. Columbus, Centennial, Simcoe, Amarillo, and Summit. Appearance is bright orange.Nose is of fresh cut grass. First taste is smooth yet bitter. Quite refreshing.Very "dank" slightly sharp finish. Light body. zero head. almost no lacing. Tons of tiny floaties. Not bad.Cheers!

 

Thanks doc. Cheers to a better round of golf next time!

 

After a nice trip to Trillium where I drank too much for 11 in the morning. At When Pigs Fly with my mother I'm drinking Jack's Abbey Sunny Ridge a very good German Pils she is drinking Alesmith Speedway w/ Cacao beans and vanilla it is off the charts good.

 

Alesmith Speedway w/ Cacao and Vanilla wow is this beer good Speedway itself is great, this is insane.

 

Your birthday, you say?
Have a happy!

 

Very jealous!
Enjoy!