Founders Harvest Ale

Nothing at south lyndale or Edina liquors

 

I only drink Saga.

 

MGM Calhoun has it.

Is it just me is does it suck this year? Maybe my pallet is off tonight, but I barely get any fresh resinous hop character, unlike previous years. I noticed the ABV went up to 7.6% also, I think it used to be 6.5%. Did the recipe change?

 

All three of the fresh hop beers I've had this year (Hop Trip, Indeed and Foto Fresh) were all underwhelming in the fresh hop nose/taste department. Not bad beers at all, but none of them seemed to have that big wet/fresh hop punch that I was hoping for.

 

Lupilin Shift!

 

I feel like my palate has adjusted to taste wet hop characteristics better. For awhile, I was starting to think most wet hop beers just tasted like regular pales/IPAs, especially large production one like Deschutes or Sierra Nevada. Only Founders and Surly really tasted "wet" to me. Now I can taste the "wet" in Hop Trip, Chasin' Freshies, and Sierra Nevada Harvest.

 

First Grand has it.

 

Sacrelicio has a point, if you're used to drinking nothing but a variety of IPAs they can come across as just another. It's a good feeling to sit back and revisit what that wet hop character is, makes you appreciate the style more.

 

Just had one now and its lacking in that hop punch I enjoyed last year. Of the ones I've had this year only LiftBridge, Central Waters, and SN Southern have done it for me.

 

I picked some up at liquor Barrell SLP and wasn't disappointed.

 

Saw it today at Northgate Liquors in Andover. Also Backwoods Bastard

 

Any other sightings of this or Backwoods Bastard?

 

The Bastard is out already? But it's not November yet...

 

South Lyndale had tons of Harvest Ale.