Look: Deep oak color with fine white head
Taste: Strong hop and barley with chewy mouthfeel and floral/Carmel flavoring
Conclusion: I'd heard of this IPA's fame from another beer review site. I hadn't been able to find it anywhere and had given up hope until I hit up a new liquor store last week. The adventurous are rewarded!
Basically this beer is brewed with a single, constant 90 minute hop addition, lots of barley is added and then it's dry-hopped.
I'm happy to say their efforts paid off, big time. The brew is 9% alcohol and the initial taste is powerful bitter. The mouthfeel is pretty dang thick. The flavor is floral and Carmel. I'm sure there's more, but it was such a delight to try figuring out what they were. This has taken it's rightful place as one of my favorite IPAs.
It also has a slight carbonation throughout the drink that lightens the feel of the thick body. However, at the finish the carbonation dissipates and your left with Carmel and sweet flavors that stay to dance the night away on your tongue.
Man, I had a really lucky run with a new liquor store I found. This was, by far, my favorite out of a stellar bunch of brews. One of the BEST IPAs out there! Superb!
9 Brews!
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