casks

i managed to hit two cask nights this week
and both of them were ipas!!

first up, monday at st. augustine's
russell brewing's ip'eh dry-hopped with tomahawk:

not too surprisingly it was sedimenty as heck
the nose was amazingly hoppy
but it was pretty thin in the glass
more the idea of hops than the actual bitterness

secondly, thursday at yaletown brewpub
iain hill's brick and beam ipa with centennial hops:

again, dry-hopping gave it an amazing citrus hop nose
but the glass contents were a little less robust than that nose
very enjoyable, don't get me wrong
but darnit, i want it to taste like it smells!

however, if you float some of the stout on it, its a brilliant cascadian dark ale!
thanks rod for coming up with that one!

i had been looking forward to having a pint of the seasonal ufg pilsner (which i enjoyed so much on the vcbw pub crawl) but they had just run out at the game on wednesday night
bummer for me, but a sign that vancouverites are drinking better beer during the finals!

cask nights make me happy!
looking forward to hitting both the railway and yaletown next week!