This is a big week. I found a shload of new craft beer offerings. There's something here for every beer and cider lover. Happy New Beer Friday!
Level Crossing - Pink Boots Pale Ale: This has a nice fruity aroma of mostly citrus peel. This has a really tasty citrusy/berry profile on the palate. There's a tasty bed of creamy malts backing it up, giving the whole beer a very drinkable profile. Great stuff. 5.0% - Only at Level Crossing.
Level Crossing - Vienna Lager: A copper-colored celebration of European amber lagers. It has aromas of freshly toasted bread, biscuit and rich caramel that gives way to a delicate floral hop presence. It has soft and elegant flavors of malt and toastiness balanced out with a gentle touch of Tettnang hops. Vienna-Style Lager was lagered for three weeks giving the beer a medium-light body with a crisp and dry finish. 5.0% - Only at Level Crossing.
Proper - Ostara: Proper has reformulated their citrus infused triple IPA. Orange amber colored body, with a touch of haze. Real nice citrus soft orange of hop on the nose. Orange quality comes out more juiced than spicy, sweet or oily. Palate is a real good simple pleasure. Real nice creamy mouthfeel, almost gives way to soft cake texture. Mid palate of juiced orange and a hair of spiced green herbal character. Deep full bodied finish, with rich malt texture and thick supportive backbone. This is a TIPA on a simple profile that is really heavily made better by a way better than average mouthfeel. Feels rich even when it isn't. 8.5% - Only at Proper and its restaurants.
Proper - Sour Ranger (Blueberry and Lemon): This debuts today. Sadly I have no notes on this one. 5.0% - Only at Proper and its restaurants.
Proper - Jump the Shark: This Double Hazy is being canned today, and should be out today or tomorrow. I would call before making the trip, just to be sure. 8.0% - Only at Proper and its restaurants.
Kiitos - Passion Fruit Zumu: This hazy IPA has the classic tropical hops and is quite pleasant in that regard. The addition of passion fruit adds a nice subtle tart element that takes it to a whole new level. It's almost refreshing. Zumu is Finish for cloudy. 5.0% - Only at Kiitos.
Kiitos - Glitter Green Ale: They did a small of this one and it's disappearing fast. This is a cream ale at its base. But the novelty here is all about the beer's glittery jade tornado appearance. If it's gone when you come by more will be released on Saint Patrick's Day. 5.0% - Only at Kiitos.
Bewilder - Around the Sun and Bock: This is a pale Dopple Bock that debuts today. It is Bewilder's biggest beer to date, coming in at 8.2%. Only at Bewilder.
Hopkins - Friendly Introduction Pale Ale No. 8: Their house pale ale is brewed with locally grown and malted Solstice Mild Malt, then dry-hopped with the Pink Boots Hop Blend. Citrusy, fruity aromas and flavors are the highlight of this pale ale while allowing a delicate malty backbone with minimal bitterness and a dry finish. 5.0% - Available at Hopkins.
Hopkins - Cascade Oat Saison: Brewed with 100% locally grown and floor-malted Solstice Pilsner, flaked oats, flaked rye, and wheat, then finished with cascade hops. This saison displays aromatic, light fruity and spicy notes with a dry finish. 5.0% - Available at Hopkins.
Hopkins - Stonewall Sour Saison: This is soured naturally with lactobacillus then ferment with saison yeast. Orange peel and coriander round out the lemony tartness with a fruity and herbal refreshing finish. 5.0% - Available at Hopkins.
Salt Flats/Ogden River - Schwartzbier: This collaboration beer has a nutty aroma with light cocoa shavings over a smooth, bready core. Taste is beyond smooth, drinking at first like a line drive moving fast to that signature Schwarzbier light roast flavor. Opens to even more smooth lager malt with nutty, dirty, and cocoa accents, centered on drinkability. Maybe a smidge of caramel but for the most part just a barely black lager. Hops are low and the mouthfeel is low but the carbonation is just about right. 5.0% - This is available at Salt Flats and Ogden River Brewing.
Shades - Shamrock Shake: I Jumped the gun on this one last week. Apologies if you made the trip on my recomendation. The nose brings some heavy mint and light cream. Interesting and inviting. The flavor has a vague creme brûlée thing going on with sugary sweetness, and mint. The base beer's tartness is light and crisp. Medium body with a very sweet finish. Mint in beer is tough, This is not a bad attempt at copying the milkshake. 6.5% - Available at Shades.
Bombastic - Shiver Coffee Stout: Missed this. You can find this at Slackwater (Sandy).
Bombastic - Big Dumb Beer: Missed this. You can find this at Slackwater (Sandy).
Jolly Pumpkin - Lo-Fi Mai Tai: Missed this. You can find this at Slackwater (Sandy).
Mother Earth - Flawless Imperfection: This is a tropical bomb with a nice wheaty malt base. Nice orange blossom, tangerine, and apricot notes as well. quite tasty. 7.5% Found at Beehive and Slackwater (Sandy).
On top what we have listed above from Hopkins, here are this weeks Small Batch beers from Hopkins.
Cheers!
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