NYC/Metro area - Zythosaurus love?

yea its the new one that i think is coming out friday

 

Yep Friday is the release...

 

It was ok IMO. Not anywhere close to being the best beer to come out of the area. The balance wasnt there. There was decent amount of malt, a burn of alcohol and pine, but overall it didnt come together for me. I usually love Barrier's stuff, but the beers they have bottled so far have been disappointing. I know the first one was for their cause after the hurricane. Morticia tasted great last year, and I hope this will be a more solid bottling.

 

I just cracked open the Zythosaurus I picked up at Bierkraft and it is a flabby mess. Virtually no carbonation and way too sticky for my palate. I like my DIPAs to be hop forward with plenty of citrus and pine so when I encounter ones where the malt overwhelms the palate, as is the case with this beer, I am not a happy camper. Combine that with a lack of carbonation and I come away very disappointed, particularly given the absurdly high price point for this beer.

 

Morticia is next Friday, 5/17

 

Hmmm, odd to hear, I have had 3 bottles of it so far and all have been carbonated very well, but yes there a strong malt presence in this DIPA.

 

Glad to hear the entire batch wasn't undercarbonated but I did notice at least one other review that complained of the same issue.

On the other hand, I did taste two very good session IPAs while I was in NYC this week: Carton's Boat Beer and SingleCut's Billy 18 Watt. The SingleCut, in particular, was excellent.

 

I was a really big fan of Zytho, so much that I reviewed it lol.

Really looking forward to Morticia. I tried it on tap at the brewery about 2 weeks ago, they said it was a "rough draft" (see what I did there?), but I thought it was a nicely balanced RIS with great head retention and lacing for a big beer. Being that they bottle conditioned it with maple syrup it makes me even more excited. Definitely getting a case if I can.