Yesterday I ticked both a venue and a beer off the ol’ bucket list. It just so happens that #gabf2018 has inundated Denver, CO with many tonnes of liquid excellence from all corners of the nation. Meanwhile, I’m content to be a fly on the wall and make my inaugural patronage of the now-legendary establishment, Falling Rock Taphouse, est. 1997. And wouldn’t you know it? Their bottle cellar list is legendary as well! So, I opted for a 19 year old English Barleywine Ale, naturally! Originally brewed by Eldridge Pope & Co. PLC. / Thomas Hardy Brewery from 1968 to 1999, this was the final vintage released before O'Hanlon's took over the brand and revived it in 2003. In 1968, the “Trumpet Major” pub in Dorchester, Dorest was renovated to coincide with the 40th anniversary of Thomas Hardy’s death. For this occasion, the Eldridge Pope Brewery undertook to commemorate him through the realization of the beer that the author had imagined, an ale matured in oak casks, very strong, capable of improving better taste with age. Thomas Hardy’s Ale is an English Olde Ale, but more commonly known as an English style Barleywine Ale. Hardy’s original description follows, “It was of the most beautiful colour that the eye of an artist in beer could desire; full in body, yet brisk as a volcano; piquant, yet without a twang; luminous as an autumn sunset; free from streakiness of taste, but, finally, rather heady.”
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Everyone who lays eyes on this thinks that it’s infused with some kind of weed 😂 It may be a grassy, aromatic IPA but it doesn’t contain any “adjuncts” as it were, that would defy the Reinheitsgebot. No, this is just a stalwart, West Coast style IPA from @thehopconcept and @alpinebeerco -long may they continue to produce clear, hoppy brews. 🍻🇺🇸🍻 #clearbeer #instabeer #beerstagram #beerfolks #beer #craftbeer #craftbeerlover #beerwithpleasantstrangers #indiebeer #thehopconcept #alpinebeercompany #nohaze
Ran across this interesting IPA in Ohio: @nippromiscuousaleproject Batch Number 023, an IPA brewed with Experimental Hop BRU-1 and spelt malt. The BRU-1 is a one-off harvest that has aromas of pineapple and stone fruit and mulling spices. In a world where thousands of IPAs can begin to lose their distinctive identity amidst the vast sea of variety, this one impressed me as distinctive. Smooth, fluffy and sweet as modern “hazy” IPAd are wont to be, yet flavorful and diverting with its mild, earthy spice notes like clove and nutmeg. Worth seeking out before it’s gone.
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