I came out to CO to visit my cousin and picked one up from the store yesterday. Sitting here now enjoying it as the snow is falling. As peaceful as it is outside, I can't say the same for what's in my glass. I totally agree with another blogger's comment on the bitter & sour being at war. Even with the lengthy finish, I still sense the battle between the two. I'm not a huge hop person, and can rarely do ipa's unless I'm eating food, although I always thought Avery's ipa was pretty good. Anyways, I love sours i.e. flemish.. or even a Monk's Cafe (yum). This, not even close (I know they're not trying to assimilate). It seems as if I'm just going to have to keep hoping for a domestic brewery to not over-hop everything. haha hope-hop.. I'm sure I could come up with some sort of play on words there. Shoot, if a domestic brewery that was crazy about hops (ahem, Lagunitas) would dare to do something less aggressive with em, that'd be a GREAT name HOP(e)-less. Where's my dedication beer?! Anyways, it didn't say abv on bottle so I googled to find that it was 6% before I drink this whole sucker. I concur with another beer blogger with his the C+ rating... drinkable, but let down that this "belgian-inspired sour" isn't even close to my expectations. The hops just get in the way of all those great sour flavors. I say if you're going to take the time and effort to do a beer like this, outside of your comfort zone.. then don't bring the extra hops, focus on that sour yeast! Although, now that I think about it... it is pretty unique in that sense.
...more about Brettanomyces and how it relates to sour beers.
oh... and I did come across my new favorite pilsner. Already planning on stocking tons for Chicago summertime.
this also managed to impress the heck out of me!
