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Quantum Physics Meets Fluid Dynamics

West Coast IPA

Beer Type

15 to 20

15 to 20

Super Suds

Rating

IBU 55

Other Info

Quantum Physics Meets Fluid Dynamics

Quantum Coast IPA

Silversmith Brewing Co.

6.7% Alcohol

Maintaining the space shuttle may not be rocket science but I think they use quantum mechanics. And I did see the movie “Quantum of Solace” but I didn’t care for it in the least.*  But this is no space craft were dealing with here, but Silversmith’s Quantum Coast craft IPA.

Silversmith** is one of our favourites, a church-based brewer that we praise regularly. I mean if they have a direct line to a higher being I think it’s important for us to stay in their good books. But let’s be clear, any super suds status they achieve will be won the old fashion way, they’ll earn it.

This brew pours a dark orange golden haze with a reddish aura, with a fitting foam head affixed. A very juicy tropical citrus aroma. The taste is lotsa juice, lotsa bitters both big and both balanced. Tropical juice with a big ol’ West Coast pine tree felled and squeezed into this piney pint. Many quantums of juice and pine. Both settling down a bit but the backend pine hangs in there. A juicy hoppy West coast toast taste treat that’s hard to beat.

*Editor’s Comment: Daniel Craig didn’t care much for the movie either but it was a box office success. The 2008 James Bond movie “Quantum of Solace” takes its title from a short story by Ian Fleming but’s that’s where the similarities end. Solace is from the Latin “solari” meaning to console. Quantum usually refers to the smallest amount or unit of something. From the Latin “quantus meaning quantity. The term “quantum of solace” means providing the minimum consolation or comfort, caring the least. This beer name is actually derived from the Abstracts Quantum Brite MOS extract used in the brewing process.

**Editor’s Comment: Silversmith was recently awarded the 2024 Business of the Year by the Niagara Chamber of Commerce. Congratulations.

Final Rating: 16 Quantums out of 20

West Coast IPA

Beer Type

15 to 20

15 to 20

Super Suds

Rating

Other Info

IBU 55

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