Tonight's beer: DC Brau/Oskar Blues Smells Like Freedom
Starts out intensely bitter: melons and musky tropical fruits, floral threads woven in; flickers of pine and grass and citrus scattered around. Sweetness right behind, lots of fruit and bread and caramel. Gradually dries out, mostly, by the finish.
A bit thick and bready, carbonation is a little sparse but adequate. Some bready chewiness, lots of resinous-syrupy stickiness. Eventually, kinda drying and surprisingly refreshing.
I don't know that I'd say this smells like pot, exactly, but it's musky and pretty pungent, for sure. Intense and complex as hell, poised and graceful if not exactly balanced. Shockingly drinkable, and holds together nicely. A delicious take on an IPA, even to this non-pothead with no particular axe to grind on the topic. DC Brau and Oskar Blues do good work.
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| DC Brau/Oskar Blues Smells Like Freedom |
Starts out intensely bitter: melons and musky tropical fruits, floral threads woven in; flickers of pine and grass and citrus scattered around. Sweetness right behind, lots of fruit and bread and caramel. Gradually dries out, mostly, by the finish.
A bit thick and bready, carbonation is a little sparse but adequate. Some bready chewiness, lots of resinous-syrupy stickiness. Eventually, kinda drying and surprisingly refreshing.
I don't know that I'd say this smells like pot, exactly, but it's musky and pretty pungent, for sure. Intense and complex as hell, poised and graceful if not exactly balanced. Shockingly drinkable, and holds together nicely. A delicious take on an IPA, even to this non-pothead with no particular axe to grind on the topic. DC Brau and Oskar Blues do good work.
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