We’ve dealt with windswept wolves and lone wolves. Howling at the moon wolves. A sea wolf, a wizard wolf and an Italian wolf. We even wagged the wolf! But a coy wolf, that’s a first for us. Coywolf Brewing is up with their first beer, aptly named Alpha.
It appears that a coywolf is a thing, a hybrid hound of sorts, the Heinz 57 of the wild dog world. ** Throw in some coyote, some eastern wolves, a few gray wolves, and some wild dogs and you’ve got the canine equivalent of what we use to call an A-bomb. That hurl inducing concoction from the age of innocence, a little bit of all the bottles from the old man’s liquor cabinet mixed into a combustible cocktail guaranteed to have you placing a late night call to Ralph on the old porcelain telephone.
Wolves are quite intelligent, coyotes not so much.
As far as wolves go, they are known to be quite intelligent, but as we well know from Looney Tunes, coyotes aren’t reliable with explosives but seem to be adept with signage. Perhaps a coywolf could actually catch the road runner? Perhaps.
The coy craft we are sampling today is no A-bomb, but a premium pale ale. Not at all a pale pour but hazy golden orange with a touch of a creamsicle head. Mild citrus juice and malt on the nose, mixed together they are almost indiscernible. First taste is a monster mash of citrus juice malt and bitters all coming at ya at once for an interesting unique first impression, with a touch of a sour tang to boot. It’s all in there plus a backend bitters finish. At first I wasn’t too sure about this one, I was experiencing some sensory overload, but I settled into it after a few swigs, and it smoothed out, or I did. What we ended up with was a mild citrus juicer with a malt body and a hoppy grapefruit bitters finish, all well balanced.
This brand-new brewer to us is off to a good COMDB start with a unique tasty pale.
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