Madam, that’s Adam, pouring me a tasty MBAA SITW sampler.
I’m on a mission. In order to comply with the COMDB Guide to Beer Tasting I was not able to review the brews I sampled at the MBAA conference. However the tasters I tasted tasted good, the word tasty comes to mind. But in order to do a legitimate brew review I must consume at least 12 ounces (preferably 16 ounces or more) of said brewski. I was able to do a Daft craft draft sampling of PC Load Letter to check one off my list. Next, I was lining up a Parallelograms of Light * from our ever curious and never spurious friends at Something in the Water.
A Saturday night SITW site visit in K-town felt like Taco Tuesday at our home, everyone was eating tacos but me, I was on a mission after all. Although unlike Taco Tuesday at the homestead I was quaffing a frosty cold one.
A golden orange solid pour, a slim trim head to ensure my glass was a full as possible, the effort much appreciated by yours truly. A citrus juicy grapefruit hoppy aroma. First taste was a great citrus juicy, malt body, with a grapefruit hoppy bitter backend bite. A soft mouthfeel to go with the smooth finish. Not strong or aggressive, it was like this was a one and a half doubling as a double. Some additional bitters entered the picture and the malt hops delivered some funk in the trunk. I’m happy to report we both maintained our balance throughout the tasting.
They tell us that there are “8 pounds of hops in every barrel!” in this brew. I have no idea how big the barrel is or if 8 pounds of hops is more or less than normal but based on the exclamation mark at the end of their statement, I’m assuming 8 pounds is substantially above the National average.
And next thing I know this parallelogram is poly-gone, its tastiness confirmed. And it cost significantly less than $400 million to accomplish this mission.
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