Back by popular demand, Father’s Day. I tried to get the Grandkids in on the gift giving but they were quick to point out that I didn’t know what I was talking about, that it’s Father’s Day, not Grandfather’s Day.*
“You’re cruisin’ for a bruisin’” is what my old man would have said if I ever had the tenacity to tell him he was wrong about something/anything, and I may have ended up with one if I wasn’t careful. My only response was “That isn’t a thing, is it?” At which point the smart phones and iPads are out in full force with Google verified, bona fide and certified proof positive. Future Department of Correction members, all of them, the missus has trained them well.
After a spin on the V-twin it was time for a cold one. Cruisin’ and crushin’. It was a party of one by the pool with my Party Dad super crushable Crushin’ IPA. At 3.5% this beer is so light I might be talking like Daffy Duck after a few swigs.**
Nickel Brook tells us this brew pours the colour of a 5AM Sunrise. To verify that statement I would need to pull an all-nighter, so I’ll have to take their word for it. It is a very light slightly hazy lemony yellow pour, with a bright white head of foam and fun. Sounds of a sunrise sonata to me. A lightly hoppy fruity fresh aroma. Taste time and no surprises here, it’s light fruit, light hops, light bitters, light everything. As balanced as a ball on a sober seal’s snout. The crushable crushin’ claim is a challenge eagerly accepted. Big swigs fit this brew to a “T”, it lives up to its name and hype.
An ideal super light, super crushable IPA. Well done Nickel Brook.
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