Today’s BBQ and beer is fire and Brimstone, Niagara based Brimstone Brewing and their Sinister Minister that is. Looks like it’s the saved that’s needin’ the savin’ this time*. If you want to tell me how great a frosty cold IPA is on a hot summer day slaving over the grill I would tell you that you are preaching to the choir. So let’s try this Brimstone IPA and see if its bound for glory or banished to purgatory.
A burnt orange fiery pour, some may say sinister. Darker than your typical IPA, if there is such a thing these days. Juicy aroma but the first taste is fruit, malt and treetop pine, with a bit of fizz and bitters. Not exactly a religious experience but very refreshing and lending itself to big swigs. A bit of fruit and malt in the body but the pine bitter finish comes in almost right away, the sequence and balance works well. It is a 7 percenter but I’m not on my knees yet**, although I am starting to gain a whole new perspective on the view from the BBQ deck.
Refreshing, high ABV, traditional IPA. Well balanced. I must confess, this one deserves high praise.
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