What beer are you drinking now? #1069

First rule about fight club........ well you guys know. Pretty good Belgian style.

 

Alpine Hoppy Birthday pale ale. Almost an IPA? Pretty tasty!

 

I really enjoyed it! They just released two more. How many bottles of Nepenthes Hydromelita do you have?

 

Always look forward to this one each year, it seemed to be late to AZ but enjoying the heck out of one of my favorite DIPA's

 

Dude, that sounds like a murder scene!!

 

Now on to this.

 

Preparing myself for the Giants to throw this game away...

 

Reviews:

Very nice Dortmunder. Good head retention, with some spotty lacing down the glass as you go. Aromas and flavors of cracker, biscuit, and light honey; balanced by herbal/grass/light peppery hop notes. Light-moderate herbal/spicy bitterness; with well balanced malt and hop flavors; along with bitterness/sweetness. Medium carb/body; fairly crisp with some light malt creaminess and hop stickiness in the mouthfeel. Super clean with no yeast ester or off flavors. A nice surprise, this was delicious. Their Vienna lager was a bit of a mess that I had a few weeks ago, but this is very well done all around.


Very nice spiced rye ale. Great head retention and dense soapy lacing. Aromas were a bit weak, but well balanced. Aromas and flavors of lemon, coriander, orange peel, toasted bread, lightly spicy rye, light caramel, and herbal/grassy hop earthiness. Light herbal/spicy bitterness on the finish. Very well balanced spice/malt/hop flavors; with a good bitterness balance against a light-ish body. Very flavorful for the ABV though, some slight bready creaminess in the mouthfeel from Munich malts. Very smooth and fairly crisp, light-moderate dryness after the finish. Very clean and balanced all around. I am getting some slight suggestions of English ale yeast, touch of fruitiness/earthiness, but it's very well hidden. (it would make sense though, seeing as they always have lower attenuation). Very impressive and delicious for an ale of 4.5%.


Very nice DIPA. Aromas and flavors of grapefruit, tangerine, peach, pineapple, lemon zest, orange peel, pepper, and pine; with moderate malts of honey, light caramel, and toasted bread with floral/grassy hop earthiness. Moderate pine/spicy bitter finish; well balanced juicy hops and malt flavors; with a good malt/bitterness balance as well. Very smooth medium-full bodied; with moderate hop stickiness and light creaminess in the mouthfeel. Light-moderate dryness from bitterness after the finish. Well hidden ABV with low warming lingering. I really enjoyed this one all around. This was was fairly restrained on the maltiness vs their Rye DIPA earlier this year. Nice and juicy/hoppy flavors all around.


Cheers

 

Very nice. Not as much pucker as I like but the fruit doesn't over power which I like even more. Great synergy of sour + barrel + fruit.

 

This is awesome

 

We can hardly ever find it fresh in our part of PA also so you're not alone...I stopped buying the stuff.

 

Up next....I am thinking this is the Best Brown out there. Research continues. Cheers BA!

 

Welp, it's awesome. I can't get enough of everything these folks are putting out. So glad they are distro'd in Massachusetts now

 

was hoping the same could be said of Tree House & Trillium..i'm probably gonna come up in late Oct and hit Trillium and pick up a few bottles and growlers.

 

@Hopgoddess312 and I...

W @Vitacca on the sidelines

 

I think I went Zombie Dust, 4 Beans, Sam Adams Pumpkin, then All Day IPA. Followed by a glass of dry red wine.

 

Closing the night out with a classic. TNF turning out to be pretty boring (unless you're a suffering G-Men fan). Loving the Cincinatti/Memphis tilt over on ESPN tho. SNPA and a few glasses of bourbon and I'm gonna sleep like a dead hooker (minus the claw hammer hanging out of my skull). Enjoy your night. See yuz tomorrow. Cheers.

 

well this is friggin' outstanding. seek this one out, utterly crushable

 

HA! GREAT selfie! Let the Goddess know a box is on the way! Good times, have fun in Chicago!