What beer are you drinking now? #1738

Beer #3. Got some cheese hops in this one.

 

Just returned from some necessary chores, man is it ever hot out there . . .

 

Cheers!

 

Breakfast juice.
Extremely late night this morning!

 

Happy Monday Funday BAs! It's 58 and rainy here and it just makes me want the summer to be over with that much more. That said I did still need some afternoon motivation after lunch:



I'm not big into "hoppy pilsners" usually but this is pretty good. Especially for $14 / 15-pack, so $0.93/beer.

Thoroughly enjoying the new Forest Seasons album from Wintersun that dropped last Friday, been far too long since their last release!



Cheers!

 

Still raining,

still waking up,

still good.

 

Deep Space and all Chicago baseball on the porch. I'm rooting for the guy on the left!

 

Cheers you all! I just bought a bottle of Doree. Finally drinking this in the meantime. This is the crappiest photo I have ever taken but I was having saranac's oktoberfest !

 

My first Tree House beer. Finally!

4.63/5.

 

Free State Brewing StormChaser IPA at the Hopcat in Kansas.

 

Piney River Brewing Mule Team DIPA.

 

I bit the bullet and got this 12 pack today at the grocery store I will be going through all 5 (6? do we count Boston Lager) like the Beer Camp last month

I figured 1/5(6) is going to be the one that most people on here would be interested in trying, the Desert Kaleidoscope IPA with Bosque Brewing

Keep in mind that I'm just a dude writing about these not a Cicerone certified beer judge so excuse the descriptions not picking up every single little hop by smell. I like to drink beer and I like to enjoy it in my own special way





Of course with Boston Beer Company at the helm you're not going to get a super hop forward tropical piney IPA. So let's get into it

Appearance is dark Amber in the glass with about a 1 1/2 finger head that's sticking to the glass nicely

Smell is not very hop forward but more of a malty characteristic with a bit of darker fruits than I'm used to with IPA's. Very British smelling IPA not a west coast

Taste is initially very sweet and malty with a bitter finish that lingers on the back of your mouth for a long time. Seriously this thing is BITTER at the end but not in the way that a West Coast IPA is. This is seriously one of the maltiest and sugary sweetest IPA's that I've had in a long time. It's an odd combination. No alcohol burn on the finish but it's got a body to it.

In conclusion this is probably Jim Koch's idea of a great IPA back in 1994 or 1995. I'm not a Sam Adams basher and I try their beers with an open mind, but this is a very interesting take on the style. It in no way probably represents Bosque Brewing's typical IPA that you would get at their bar. It's a drinkable beer and it actually tastes kinda good, but it's just not what I want in an IPA anymore. I will drink the 2nd one because it's there but probably wouldn't buy this in a 6 pack offering.

my rating: 3/5 (average)

 

Canned 2 days ago. Incredibly drinkable (dangerous?) for the ABV.

 

Black hat of mourning with Kershaw on the DL. (new emojis suck)

 

Love that pic, blurry beer notwithstanding.

 

Hello BA's!! Did someone say Gose day? Yes I agree with @Marklaker the new emojis do suck. Supposed to be getting things in line to be out of the townhouse by the end of next month. Made a list and a phone call now it's time to bbq some lunch on this hot ass day. Cheers everyone, here's to a great start to your week!!!

 

New Glarus Spotted Cow