beernesday

lovely, its tasting time! i love tasting time! today, its cannery brewing's ipa out of penticton bc the bottle says:  "an intricate and continuous blending of hops, backed up by rich malt flavour, produce this fine ale with its complex character and lingering hop finish.  fierce hop, gentle bite.  small brewery, big flavour." pours a nice clear caramel shade very deep and creamy head on a vigourous pour not so much hop aroma but boy is it hoppy on the first sip very nice balance great lingering hop finish! 6% - i tried it in a 650ml bottle i'm a fan! i need hoppy goodness and appreciate the malty balance this beer delivers! loving it more and more the further down my glass i get and that's not just the 6% talking (pairs quite nicely with the tuna steak i'm scarfing down along with it) the website says:   " IPA’s are always about the hops, and this fine traditional ale is no exception.  It is brewed with an interesting and continuo...

oh deschutes ! so much great product coming out of another oregon brewery! the inversion ipa pours with an incredible creamy head (on a vigourous pour - like i know any other kind) more caramel malty on the nose, until i take a really big sniff then, then the citrusy hops come out clear caramel colour definitely complex, caramel malts and citrusy hops tantalizing my tongue alternately... 6.8% 80 ibus 228 calories for 12 oz the bottle says:  "like its name suggests, inversion ipa defies the ordinary.  with layers of soft caramel malt notes and generous amounts of our favorite northwest hops.  for a bright, sunny citrus finish." "here in oregon's high desert, seasonal changes often bring about a peculiar weather phenomenon - an inversion. the higher up the mountain you go, the sunnier it gets.  so even when bend is covered in clouds, the faithful know where to find clarity." the website says:  " Our year-round beer answer to the siren call of...

Driftwood Brewery 's Naughty Hildegard is an extra special bitter.  as such it has a more than healthy dose of hops and therefore fits very nicely into my hops obsession. immense head on the pour, with a lovely hoppy aroma, nicely balanced with the malt.  fabulously naughty label featuring a radiant nun in fishnets and red heels!  but wait, who is this naughty hildegard?  why does she deserve such a fabulously hoppy beer named after her? the bottle says:  "Brewed to honour Hildegard Von Bingen, a 12th century Benedictine nun who allegedly was the first to record the use of hops as an ingredient in beer.  While this is open to debate, we like Hildegard's style and we can't imagine beer without hops.  This Extra Special Bitter has lots of hops - Hildegard would be proud.  We are!  Cheers Hildy! weighing in at 650 ml of 6.5%, this lives up to both its naughty moniker, and the "strong beer" claim on the label.  craft brewed in lovel...