Cross Country Sniper seemed like a good brew to go with a Canada USA hockey game. However the sniping I was expecting was of the puck shooting variety, not the fight baiting kind. The gloves dropped before the puck did and we all waited for a hockey game to break out. JF described it as old-time hockey, only in the 70’s there was more damage to the face then to the hand in a fight.*
Lots of fools on the ice last night and none too refined I might add. Speaking of fools, our brew of the hour is a Winter Beer League special from our friends at Refined Fool Brewing, the aforementioned Cross Country Sniper.
And brown it is, a clear brown that showed a tinge of red, or was that the red light behind the US net from a Connor McDavid goal?** Unfortunately the last red light behind the US net that night.
A nutty malt aroma, that’s a brown for you. I’m not a big time brown fan I must admit, although I have never been known not to finish one. The taste is malt and bitters in balance with a nutty aftertaste. Not too nutty, not too browny. As our old friend Oscar Wilde once said “All things in moderation, including moderation.” I think that is the key to this brew’s success, nothing over the top. It’s just a good solid brown that’s going down, both an adjective and a noun.
This sniper hit the spot.
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