#gunwhale

[thedaily-beer]

Gunwhale + Fieldwork Good Ole Daze Pale Ale (Picked up at Windmill Farms). A 3 of 4. Tons of bright tropical fruit in the nose and a sticky lacing that hangs around for quite a while. Relatively light-bodied and easy drinking with a good amount of tropical fruit sweetness up front, and then a dry finish. The nose is excellent, and the body is fitting for a lighter, simpler pale ale.

[thedaily-beer]

Gunwhale + Pure Project Bright and Balmy DDH Grapefruit IPA (Picked up at Windmill Farms). A 3 of 4. Lots of grapefruit pith and bitterness, as you’d expect, as well as some orange citrus notes. Not as thick as I was expecting, but a nice moderately bitter body.

[thedaily-beer]

Gunwhale Narrabeen DDH Hazy DIPA (Picked up at Windmill Farms). A 3 of 4. Lots of melon and tropical fruit in the nose, as well as some orange citrus in the background. Nice creamy body with some more complex tropical notes, and only light bitterness throughout - it manages to hide the 8.3% well.

[thedaily-beer]

Gunwhale Bait Ball IPA (Picked up at Windmill Farms). A 3 of 4. Nice light citrus in the nose with both lemon and orange and some light grain in the background. The body has a touch more resin and pith-like bitterness to it. Decent balance in the body and quite drinkable, but doesn’t quite stand out.

[thedaily-beer]

Gunwhale Ales Orangewood Hazy IPA (Picked up at Windmill Farms). A 3 of 4. Smells of orange citrus up front with a bit of tropical and almost candy-like fruitiness behind it. Drinks with a moderate amount of bitterness and a slightly thinner body than I was expecting, and finishes quite dry. My first from Gunwhale, and I’ll happily try another.

[transmorphobots]

I'm curious about Aquarius and the Aquarians, how did they become the gathering place for so many refugees? Do you have any little fun facts about them?

Most of it was chance. Gunwhale and his Autobot alignened crew had crashed on Aquarius before the real war broke out and they were mostly cut off from everything. The Aquarians were really helpful in adapting the crew to the planet but they lost a lot of equipment in their ship sinking to the nearly bottomless depths of the sea. Eventually, ships carrying refugees got in contact more so by chance than on purpose. Gunwhale's friends ditched Aquarius to join the efforts on Cybertron but Gunwhale is someone who believes theres more ways to help than "throwing bodies at a problem" and he stayed behind, working as a translator between Aquarius and the Nebuleans.

The Aquarians i think really felt so bad for them and they just wanted to help. Offering what they could but the friction comes from their lack of surface to build on and other adaptions everyone is making. The Aquarians value the balance of the ocean ecosystem so they do have concerns about the fuel burning Transformers do. They aren't really telling them to change their diets impossibly but they do want a few options and do ask Transformers to be more thoughtful on using alt modes that burn oils. Some Transformers struggle with this change and cause a bit of trouble.

Fun facts are the Aquarians usually make good luck charms out of shells and fish bones left over from their food. Its a sort of concept to continue good fortune so the next meal is just as plentiful. Because Gunwhale has lived so long with the Aquarians, he has a huge collection of these gifted to him through out the years. The Aquarians do have a much shorter lifespan than Nebuleans I think.. they also tend towards a more Matriarchal society and have some very strict hierarchy and laws but they tend towards good will than suspicion. Its hare ror me to describe, exactly, but I have a scene in my mind in how some of the Nebulean-Aquarius talks go.

[smartyserval]

Gunwhale

[psydtamales]

Finally got around to trying Gunwhale. After having their delicious cask beer @firkfest I felt like I had to see for myself. So many great sessionable beers. #gunwhaleales #ocbeer #gunwhale #costamesa #saison #craftcascade #drinklocal