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462 weeks drinking beer are 462 weeks well spent! Whether you are a seasoned aficionado or the designated driver, you are always welcome to pull up a pint and join @detlev and the gang with your post about beer at https://www.hive.blog/hive-187719/@detlev/beersaturday-462 | https://www.peakd.com/hive-187719/@detlev/beersaturday-462
In this 462nd edition, I am sharing some of the wildest beers I have seen in quite a while. Buckle up!
Back again with another social pint! Barely social as it was enjoyed at home but brought by company to see the hockey game. I have been a fan of Great Lakes Brewing for as long as I have been obsessed with IPAs. Fine Young Cannibal Chicken is a hazy double IPA with pineapple. That's right. A serious 8% ABV, plenty of hops to battle with, and a pineapple additive to crank up the sweetness. This was a LOT of beer and I would recommend not having too many of these in an evening.
Flash Forward
I discovered Rorschach Brewing only a year or so ago and haven't seen it on the shelves except for a new beer shop. Every beer from this place has been fantastic so no hesitation picking this one up.
I didn't do a great job of focusing this one as it was not the first 8% beer of the night. Flash Forward Hop Saturated Lager is a nice change from ales which now seem to dominate the craft beer market around here. Lagers are a bit of a pain in the ass to brew but this one had all the hop and crisp I love in a west coast IPA, just a nice change.
Would highly recommend!
Nine Lives
Well, if you thought a couple 8% beers were as wild as it could get, this is like that extra push off the cliff. Another heavy hitting Rorschach adventure weighing in at 11.9% ABV! Ever heard of a nonuple dry-hopped octuple IPA? Me neither.
I check the side label primarily to see if the hops are listed and additionally for some sort of brewing story. On this one, I discovered this is their 9th birthday and they are celebrating with collaboration brews with friends. 8 different hops made this a slow sipper as there was probably a half an IPA in each gulp. Hop saturation indeed!
If you want to dive head first into some of the most progressive and contemporary breweries, just look at the list of collaborators on the third panel. Listed each with the hop addition they contributed.
I am pretty sure I will never have another beer like this in my life.
Double seal of approval for the first time ever!
Back to Brewing!
Not too much brewing going on but we did pull 5 kegs of Session NEIPA from the fermenters this week. Transfer and carbonate tomorrow and I will have a whole new batch to see how close to perfection we have this time!
#BEERSaturday!
All the beers get drank on the weekend!
Now it is time for you to join me, @detlev , and these other beerologists because there is always room for more beer bloggers at the Beer Saturday gathering. https://www.hive.blog/hive-187719/@detlev/beersaturday-462 | https://www.peakd.com/hive-187719/@detlev/beersaturday-462 is @detlev's post this week and I would encourage you to upvote generously and hope you are inspired to create a beer post of your own to join the fun. Cheers to all thos wild brews!.
