If people know something about me and beer it’s that I love a good IPA and not many breweries make better IPAs than Dogfish Head. With that noted the good folks at DFH have decided to make a hop heads dream come true and make a special limited 12 pack of their renowned IPAs. Four bottles of 60 minute, four bottles of 90 minute and four bottles of extreme 120 minute. This may possibly be one of the biggest manufactured 12 packs in the history of beer. Unfortunately I doubt it will make it’s way down here to South Florida but I can luckily pick up all three of them at local beer stores. For more information check out their blog here.
Name – Samuel Smith’s Organically Produced Ale
Country – England
Type – English Pale Ale
Appearance – Pours a slightly amber color with minimal head that fades fast anyway.
Smell – Some sweet malts with a mix of grains and floral aromas.
Taste – A bread like taste mixed with some slight malts and a bit of a hoppy taste in there as well.
A good well balanced pale ale. The flavor isn’t very strong and does lack a slight bit but it is still a very good brew.
Overall Grade – B-
Name – Heavy Seas – Small Craft Warning (Über Pils)
Country – United States
Type – Imperial Pilsner
Appearance – Poured golden yellow, almost orange, color with a nice sized white head that kind of disappeared quickly.
Smell – The smell was minimal with some grainy notes to it.
Taste – Slight grainy taste up front with a sweet malt finish. A little bit of alcohol bite in there.
While this one was smooth and pretty easy to drink it just lacked in flavors. They weren’t that bold and didn’t stand out like other imperial pilsners I have tasted.
Overall Grade – C
