Cranky Reviews

Highway 11.17 Revisited

India Session Ale

Beer Type

15 to 20

15 to 20

Super Suds

Rating

Highway 11.17 Revisited

11.17

Gateway City Brewery

4.5% Alcohol

The title is a tip of the hat and a raise of the glass to rock’s Nobel Laureate* Bob Dylan and his album “Highway 61 Revisited”. * It is also reference to the two highways that intersect at North Bay, home of Gateway City Brewery. It is also thus named because this brew has actually been reviewed previously, see Highway Star.

We all know how hard it is to BBQ without a brew, so why try. For my hydration of choice I reached for an 11.17, what they call an India Session Ale. Fresh, light malt aroma with hoppy pine. It poured golden clear with a brief appearance by a thin head, a wisp of foam. This brew is nice and smooth light malt with a hoppy pine finish, a coniferous craft conclusion, I opine.

Chicken took exactly one 11.17 to crisp. good to know. A nice easy drinking ale with a zip line from a pine tree zing in the finish and it all works. It seems fitting that this pint’s portrait is positioned in the pines.

 

 

*Editor’s Comment: The Swedish Academy awarded Dylan the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition."

**Editor’s Comment: Dylan’s 5th studio album marked a departure from acoustic to electric which enraged many of his diehard fans, but also produced such classics as “Like a Rolling Stone” and “Ballad of a Thin Man”. It is recognized as one of the great albums of all time.

Final Rating: Pining for a Pint at 15 out of 20

India Session Ale

Beer Type

15 to 20

15 to 20

Super Suds

Rating

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