Hops. This week is all about the hops. If you're not a fan of beer's more bitter side, you may want to send out that form letter to the breweries. You know, that one that you've been threatening to send since 2010. Happy New Beer Friday!
Uinta - Sonder: This small batch series IPA features Mosaic, Enigma and Idaho 7 cryo hops. Aroma of Pineapple, guava, tangerine, and lemongrass herbal hop notes are strongest in a very complex fruity hop nose. Flavor is a bit more edgy aggressively hoppy with more herbal and a slight vegetative bite and bitterness which I like. The fruit notes meet the hype with tangerine, peach, orange, pineapple, and guava with some more herbal lemongrass in the background. Medium bitterness with big fruity esters. 8.3% Available at Uinta starting today.
Uinta - Ghosts of Sego: This was a late addition that hit last Saturday. This is a maibock made with coffee and barrel aged in whiskey. The aroma starts with brown bread like toast on the nose. A sweet caramel and clean sense comes through as well. There is a large coffee dryness to this as well. Flavor wise; light bread and baklava come to mind as the lager's gently rolling sweetness reveals a mild coffee presence and the bourbon barrel spices things up a bit. Growing intense over the middle, the common Maibock flavors are traded for a more savory dopple-demeanor. 6.5% - Available at Uinta
Uinta - Guava Mojito Tart: The aroma has the typical lactic tartness with mostly guava and a hint of lime and mint. The taste follows with mostly guava back by lemony tartness. The lime and mint come in much later, mostly detectable in the finish. Nice and refreshing. 5.0% - Available at Uinta.
Bonneville - 8th AnniversaRye: This is probably my favorite beer from Bonneville. The AnniversaRye changes its hop bill every year, and thus far, non have disappointed. This lager has spicy malted rye and citrus peel with woody notes from the Tahoma hops that were used. Finishes slightly dry. 5.0% Only at Bonneville Brewing and select Pins and Ales locations
Bonneville - Big Red Triumph: This utilizes a special varietal of German malts that give it a vivid red color. These malts also add a rich maltiness, while the use of Triumph hops enhance the ale with a pleasant fruit and bubblegum Character. 5.0% Only at Bonneville Brewing and select Pins and Ales locations.
Hopkins - Extraterrestrial Sacrament IPA: Subtle aromas of grapefruit, pine, malt, hint of oranges, biscuits, bread. Grapefruit, some pine, moderate amount of bitterness in the middle, finish is piney, hint of honey, slight pepper, citrus zest, solid. Medium light with a good amount of carbonation, semi-dry finish. 5.0% - Only at Hopkins.
Bewilder - Deseret IPA: This new IPA is brewed with honey which is appropriate because it has a nice deep honey color. A hoppy nose, with a big whiff of oranges and dank herbs. A touch floral, with juicy tropical tones and honey in the background. Flavor is hop-forward, fruity and herbal, but it's not over the top and not overly malty. Only moderate bitterness; no astringency. Citrus tones are most prominent, along with bright herbs, with very little dankness considering the nose. 7.0% - Available starting today at Bewilder.
Wasatch - Ut-X Double IPA: The nose is saturated and pronounced, with strong overtones of orange, pineapple, and tangerine with light backing notes of mango and ripe guava. The Citra seems very pronounced here, with a little bit of the odd "berry" like note of Mosaic helping out. a nice aroma, but the flavor is a different beast. A bit maltier and more balanced, with a deftly creamy and, well, juicy feel bringing with it lots of berry, mango, pineapple, and orchard fruit flavors along with a touch of pine and bitter resin in the finish to round it all out, this is where the beer shines. 9.5% Available at Wasatch in Park City and at their beer store in SLC.
Illuminated Brew Works- Hallucignosis: This lactose DIPA employs Sabro hop to bring you into a full-bodied flavors of citrus, apricot and creamsicle with a distinct finish of coconut. 8.0% - Found at Slackwater (Sandy) and select DABC stores.
Breckenridge - Mountain Beach: Lime guava and pineapple dominate this mildly sour Gose. It highly drinkable and if you're a fan of fruited sours, this will make you quite happy. 4.8% - Found at Harmons.
Here are this week's small batch beers from Hopkins Brewing.
Cheers!
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