New Beer Friday 7/9/21

 

Toasted Barrel - Our Beer: Brewed to help the support the families of fallen local firefighters. So, get your butts over to Toasted Barrel because a portion of every bottle and draft will help a family who lost a hero. This double dry-hopped Czech Pilsner is crackery with some slight cereal sweetness. Snappy herbal hoppiness rounds it out. 5.0% - Only at Toasted Barrel.

Proper - Well Rested: This Mexican style lager with lime was aged in Reposado barrels. There's a nice fruity lime character in the nose that leads you to believe that this will citrusy. In fact it's quite earthy. The barrel provides nice oak and tequila notes with a fair amount of maltiness. This is a very, very limited batch, so don't wait too long on this one.  8.0% Available at Proper starting today. 

Proper - Hop Things with Mr. Talus: This is a hazy IPA that has many of the tried and true flavors of melon citrus and pith. However the finish has a bit of bitterness that gives it "poundability". Nice NE Pale Ale. 5.0% - Available at Proper starting today. 

Avenues Proper - City of Gold: This is a classic old school American Pale Ale that features a generous amount of El Dorado Hops. A good dose of citrus peel, flowery notes and pine. 5.0% -Available at Avenues Proper and Proper Brewing starting today. 

Grid City - Pineapple Passion Fruit Whole Flower Dr-hopped Nitro Pale Ale: I wish I got paid by the word, the name of Grid City's nitro beers would be easily be paying for that new boat. Apart from the descriptive name, this pale features Cryo-Citra, Cryo-Mosaic along with whole flower Simcoe, Mosaic and Citra. Pineapple for sure in the aroma, but I'm surprised by how much passion fruit is there too - along with black tea. Defiantly fruit forward, but less than I was expecting. The hops balance it all out with orange peel. Bitter finish, but it takes awhile to notice it. Another hit from the Nitro Maestro! 5.0% Only at Grid City.

Kiitos - Michelada: This tomato forward beer has notes of chili powder and lime side-by-side with a light body that finishes semi-dry and is very easy drinking. A little celery salt and a dash of tabasco and it'd be perfect. 5.0% - Very limited at Kiitos.  

Here are this week's Small Batch beer from Hopkins Brewing. Cheers!