I finally got to enjoy one of the Harvest Ales that TwoHeads sent up last week. Ummm ummmm good! In a way it is very similiar to the Southern Hemisphere Ale I picked up locally a few weeks ago in that they achieved a wonderful balance with the malt. The hops are there, and they are a plenty, but even in the nose you pick up the balance of hops and malt. It is another testament to the wonder that is Sierra Nevada.
Big Thanx to TwoHeadsBrewing
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And a big thank you to Zen_Brew and FrolickingMonkey! I've really enjoyed the beers you've both sent, it's always great to try beers from other parts of the country. I got to try several of Boundary Bay Brewing's offerrings, which were very good especially the IPA. And Zen_Brew sent some Elysian Dragonstooth Stout which was soooooooo tasty! At 7.5%, it was silky smooth, roasty, and quite a delicious adult beverage. Thanks all, great beer swap! I hope you all enjoy the Chico Harvest Ale and the others I sent.
Cheers!
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Oh, enjoy I did! The Chico Harvest did not disappoint! I still have one more bottle in the fridge, and I'm saving the vintage Old Stock until the weather gets a little colder and darker. Cheers, Ben, great swap! Glad you enjoyed my local offerings... BTW, my other local brewery just won Small Brewpub & Small Brewpub Brewmaster of the Year at the GABF and became the first brewery to do so with only lagers! Check it out: Chuckanut Brewery. Too bad they don't bottle their stuff...
The "Wet Hop" is by far the best of their harvest ales. The Estate one to me just tastes like a double ipa version of the classic sierra nevada pale ale. The southern one is OK, but NZ hops are just too weak.
The Wet Hop one gives a very nice "fresh" mouthfeel and aroma. It's even nicer than the Chatoe Rogue Wet Hop Ale.
But nothing, and I mean nothing, beats fresh hop beers made with unkilned hops picked from your backyard just minutes before going into the wort!
Hey, does anyone know what kind of distribution "Life and Limb" is going to get? If it's going to be limited, I think it might be cause for another beer swap with TwoHeadsBrewing...
Hey, does anyone know what kind of distribution "Life and Limb" is going to get? If it's going to be limited, I think it might be cause for another beer swap with TwoHeadsBrewing...
, I'm down! From what I hear it's going to be limited release only, which means Chico and a few select brew pubs around the nation. On another SN note, has anyone had this year's Celebration Ale yet? Sooooo good...I miss this beer when it goes away, but absence does make the heart (and the palate) fonder!
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Fermenting: ESB Kegged: Extra IPA, Brown Ale, American Wheat, Blackheart Stout Coming Up: Dunkleweizen, 3C Pale Ale
Damn! I mean, it's a great harvest ale and definitely one of the first to use company-grown hops AND grain...but 11 bucks is steep!
yep, that's what you get when you go to Bevmo though
As a sidenote, I saw that they had the Red Chair IPA from Deschutes there which is a early summer special release. I grabbed one because I have never had it either as I was asking an employee when they will be getting Abyss and if they had any Black Butte XXI left. Of course they didn't. Anyways, I looked at the red chair IPA bottle and it says, best before 8/9/09 and I was like what is going on with this. He brings them down and his manager comes by and is like what you are doing? He shows him the date and they kind of shrug it off and you could tell as soon as I left the store, they were going to put them back on the shelf.
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Im drinking a "Harvest Wet Hop" right now.....its absolutely incredible. The hop smoothness is like nothing I've ever drank. Picked it up from the local wine seller for $3.50 for a 24 oz bottle....worth every penny.
, I have one in the fridge.
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