New Beer Friday 6/28/24

A slow day of beer research yesterday, which is fine. More time to catch-up with fellow beer nerds on a Thursday afternoon. I did find some new stuff at 2 Row Brewing though, along with some returning favorites. Happy New Beer Friday.

Beer Nerd Radio welcomes Nils Imboden of Top of Main fame. What is Top of Main? I guess you'll need to tune in to 99.9FM KUAA at 2pm or stream us at KUAAFM.ORG today to find out. 

2 Row- Elderberry Blonde: Nice malty base for a blonde. The berry is subtle, but fruity & not overly tart. Drinks quite well & it’s perfect for a hot day.

2 Row- Artificial Intelligence: Designed by AI (with a little nudging from owner, Brian Coleman). This beer features Ekuanot, NewZilla, Citra and Galaxy hops. How did the AI do? Comes across as a WCIPA. Lotsa citrus, peach & cactus fruit. Medium bitter finish. Avail to go only - til Sat

Returning Favorites

Level Crossing Cosmic Saunter: Has a hazed golden color with a tall puffy white head. Strong nose with  highly aromatic hops of grapefruit and citrus. Lesser scents of pine and wood plank. In other words it smells like you would expect a good IPA to smell. Tropical scents and the malt exists as a big scent of pineapple juice. Mild trace scents of dank herbs. The taste starts out dry and fruity with citrus peel on the tongue. This is backed by a low dose of resiny pine. Mildly bitter and quite herbal in the mouth, this does taste like they slipped some dank herbs to spice it up a little more. Tastes like it smells bit it isn't harsh at all. If you like the fruitiness of NEIPAs But need more bitternes from your ale this is the one. 8.0% - on sale today at Level Crossing.

TF - Imperial Mango Gose: This 11.2% Gose is pretty dangerous due to the heavy amounts of mango and the pleasant levels of tartness. This all hides the huge alcohol content. Very tasty stuff and you can buy it starting today. Only at TF Brewing.

Hopkins - Pine Mountain Pale Ale: This West Coast-Style

IPA is brewed withChinook, Simcoe, Cascade and Centennial hops – along with fresh hand-picked local spruce tips to accentuate the piney, earthy, and resinous hop profile with a nice firm bitterness on the finish where the spruce flavor is layered in. 5.0% - Only at Hopkins.

Here are this week's Small Batch Beers from Hopkins Brewing.

Cheers!