It is like wow! The hops flavor is very full, but is not out of control.
I got lucky and received the first pour during the tasting. You see Beverly pouring my beer in the picture.
I just hope everyone drinks up so that I can try Hops Project #11.
Update:
The Nook has tapped #11. Awesome! (as John Smith would say.)
They say that #11 is hoppier that #10, but I think it is a completely different kind of hops character.
I am heading after work today to the Yazoo Brewing Company Event at The Nook in Huntsville, Alabama.
Yazoo has what they call their Hop Projects, which is a series of ever change batches of hoppy beers. The first of these to make it to The Nook was a Fresh Hop I.P.A, which was very well received. I think the keg was finished in about one hour and fifteen minutes. Lushes. To quote the Yazoo Brewery representative:
Huntsville will always hold a special place in our hearts here at Yazoo.
Tonight, the Yazoo representative will be bringing Hop Project #10 and Hop Project #11 with #11 being to hoppier of the two beers. The Nook is going to tap the first keg at 5PM and the second keg will be tapped after the first is finished. So, you need to stop by so I can get some of the second keg prior to having to head home.
This beer has a very chrisp finish. The color is a medium amber. The beer has a nice hoppiness that I enjoyed. But, don’t let the name fool you, because the beer does not have a honey sweetness at all.
I always enjoy this Raspberry Wheat beer. I frequently drink it at Cajun restaurants here Huntsville, Alabama.
It is a good casual beer for a sun day, which would be today.
This seemed like perfect beer for a 72° afternoon were I skipped out on work, again. A pattern could be forming.
The lime peel and Kieffer lime leaves gives this beer a nice finish.
I had great time at The Nook revisiting Fuller’s beers. I had enough time to try them all.
North Alabama has not seen Fuller in years. Beverly (The Nook manager) and my dad pushed the distributor to get the beer back in town so the The Nook could get it.
The Nook has Fuller’s ESB, London Pride, and London Porter.
I stepped out of the office early today and got to enjoy them.
The Nook had their release event for Terrapin Beer Co.’s “Dos Cocoas” Chocolate Porter.
It was great! It had a very balanced flavor. Everyone was impressed.
Here is how Terrapin describes it:
“The “Dos Cocoas” is a traditional Porter with a chocolaty experimental twist. “Spike” incorporated two types of chocolate at two different stages of production to achieve the balanced chocolate flavors in the “Dos Cocoas”. The first addition was 60 pounds of cocoa powder added in the whirlpool. Next, the porter was aged for one month on a 60 pound bed of cocoa nibs to really bring the dark chocolate flavors home. The result is a fine chocolate aroma, a unique bitterness and a tantalizingly balanced chocolate flavor from both the cocoa powder and the nibs.”
I am sitting at The Nook enjoying a wonderful beer. I got to compare Rogue’s and Olde Towne’s Chocolate Stout side by side.
And, friends enjoyed the event, too.
Beverly is topping off my first tasting of the Porter. It is similar to the original Porter, but it different. I don’t remember what is making it different.
The Porter is Olde Towne’s Winter Seasonal.