#dry-hopped

[thedaily-beer]

Abnormal + 8 Bit Player 2 Press Start TDH IPA (Picked up at Windmill Farms). A 3 of 4. Huge bright tropical fruit notes up front and a clear POG profile, with the passionfruit out front. The body has a nice medium feel to it that carries the fruity sweetness and just enough bitterness to balance. Huge nose and really enjoyable overall.

[auraeseer]

Must be a little longer than the Detroit one 'cause there's a Bend . . .

[whatchudrinkin]

You Know It When You Taste It

When you drink a really good beer, you just know it. It has nothing to do with individual notes or particular shades of flavor. It’s holistic. You know it even before you are sure what you are tasting. 

Family Matters is one of those beers. Brewed at Ex Novo Brewing, with an assist from Seattle’s Urban Family Brewing, Family Matters was dry-hopped and aged in Sauvignon Blanc barrels. It tastes perfect. It’s got a nice sharp lemony flavor, with a definite vinous edge, pears, apricots. Brettanomyces adds a dusting of must. Dry-hopping gives Family Matters a certain freshness, a brightness to the citrus flavor, adding a bitter counterpoint. Oh and then theirs the oak. You definitely taste the oak. But what really stands out is the way it all comes together in a perfect sip of beer.

[auraeseer]

Hop springs eternal . . .

[thedaily-beer]

Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp Dry-Hopped Berliner-Style Weisse with Saint Arnold Brewing (Picked up at Bev-Mo). A 4 of 4. I went in expecting this to just be another berliner weisse, but this is actually quite impressive. Smells of fruity, herbs, and a little bit of spice, and the expected sourness. Drinks much the same up front with a moderately assertive tartness that fades quite quickly and finishes clean. Really nice hop character on this.

[thedaily-beer]

Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp Dry-Hopped Barleywine with Avery (Picked up at Bev-Mo). A 3 of 4. A blend of their two great barleywines, this is quite good -- it has a big herbal and pine nose with plenty of resin and caramel sweetness in the background. Some rich malty sweetness up front is quickly cut by a relatively aggressive bitterness, and finishes with just a bit of residual bitterness. The alcohol stays hidden, and this is really nicely balanced yet with an aggressive hop bite throughout.

[herebebeer]

Siren excel with this dry-hopped lager. The perfect lager, dry, flavourful, but not too much, or either, and just excellent!

[auraeseer]

When Lorne Greene discovered IPA’s, his days as Commander were numbered . . .