Cranky Reviews

Some Dreams Do Come True

West Coast IPA

Beer Type

15 to 20

15 to 20

Super Suds

Rating

Some Dreams Do Come True

Pacific Dreams

Stockyards Beverage Co.

6.5% Alcohol

I can think of one Pacific dream, how about Vancouver Canuck fans hoping for a Pacific Division playoff run. May the odds be ever in your favour. This year even a Hunger Game pledge has a better chance of survival! *

Stockyards has different pacific dreams in mind with a hammock bound west coaster in the shade of beach palms with a brew in hand being swayed by the gentle ocean breezes. Count me in.

This brew pours a deep golden west coast sunset, a nice white bright head in the clouds. A lazy hazy pour. A hoppy juicy aroma wafting in off the coast. A fresh mild fruit body with a hoppy bitter backstop. A grapefruit bitter or is it pine? Could it be both? What are the odds? It does have a pine bitter aftertaste which goes with the finish nicely. Bring the zing! Mild fruit funk upfront with some junk in the trunk. It has a nice mouthfeel, more substantial than some IPAs, not creamy but definitely dreamy. Well balanced and best quaffed chilly cold in a beachside hammock.

Another great Stockyards IPA. Hey Justin Timberlake, it ain’t McDonald’s but I’m lovin’ it.**

*Editor’s Comment: The quote is from The Hunger Games book series by author Suzanne Collins. With 2 pledges from each of 12 districts and one survivor the odds of 1 in 24 equal a 4.2% chance of survival. The odds are definitely not in their favour, but a pledge has more of a chance of survival than Vancouver does of getting into the playoffs this year. According to PlayOffStatus.com the Canucks have a less than 1% chance of making the playoffs this year.

**Editor’s Comment: in 2003 Timberlake and Pusha T collaborated on the song 'I'm Lovin' It'. McDonald’s paid Timberlake $6 million to sing it.

***Editor’s Comment: “Dream On” is a song from Aerosmith’s 1973 self-titled debut album. Written by Steven Tyler, it was their first major hit.

Final Rating: Dream On*** at 16 out of 20

West Coast IPA

Beer Type

15 to 20

15 to 20

Super Suds

Rating

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