Goose Island Goose IPA - Pours a clear golden color. The nose is of grapefruit and sweet malts. The taste starts with a light malty backbone with a grassy/citrucy hop flavor in the end. Finishes dry. This is yet another session IPA to enter the Salt Lake market. Not to be confused with Goose Island's "Goose Island IPA" this is "Goose IPA". 4.0% ABV @ Beer Bar
Sockeye Maibock - Not tried this one yet. 6.5% ABV @ Bayou
Vernal Brewing - Brewers Handle Black Lager. Not tried this one. 4.0% ABV @ Vernal Brewing
Guinness Blonde - Deep golden in color with a nose of bready caramel and grassy hops. The taste starts bready with thin caramel and light grassy hops notes and pretty much remains that way throughout. Bitterness from the hops pick up gaining intensity to the end. The finish is crisp and lingering. A pretty standard lager. 5.0% ABV @DABC
Newcastle Bombshell - Pours bright gold. The nose has toffee and noble hops. The flavor starts malty and bready with a bit of mineral bite. Notes of honey and lemon come next with an herbal tea smack rounding out the the end. Lingering spicey hops in the finish. I'm not a big Newcastle fan, so this came as a pleasant surprise. Light and refreshing. 4.4% ABV @ DABC
The Hive Winery Elder Jack Wine - This came out yesterday, did not get a chance to try it. It's described as having a delightful berry nose and slight hints of black currant. As the wine opens and warms, the nose subtly changes allowing more of the black currant aroma to come forward to blend with the raspberry. A smooth well balanced wine, with a delightful flavor shifting from dominant raspberry with black currant undertones to black currant with soft raspberry highlights.
The Annex firkin today features Golden with Citra Hops and Lychee. If your not familiar with the Lychee it tastes like a combo of grapes, strawberries and watermelon. Should be delicious! Tapping is at 4:30 - $3 pints. Now that's the way to start the weekend!
Prost!
5 comments:
Are we to expect the same Goose Island distribution as, say, Wyoming? IPA, 312 Wheat, and Honkers? Or some more exciting distro?
Generally the DABC looks at what the Bars are selling then apply those labels and numbers to their orders. It's anyone's guess, but yeah it's likely their basic brands and seasonal will eventually find their way into stores.
I've seen the Goose IPA at the Smith's on 800 S. 900 E. and the one in Sugarhouse. Also, not sure if it had been mentioned before, but Sockeye's Session IPA is also on the shelves at the Sugarhouse Smith's
Oof. Rough week when the boring beers from an AB-InBev sub are Utah's biggest news.
Did you already mention that there are 3 new Pelican ales in most DABC stores? Cream Ale, Imperial and MacPelicans
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