Driftwood Brewery's Naughty Hildegard
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 lovely victoria british columbia, i would like to personally thank this bottle for making the trek across the strait and my helpful beer consultant at firefly for suggesting it be included in my ipa tasting odyssey.
hildegard isn't a regular feature of driftwood's beer stable, but they did have this to say about it on their website: "This Extra Special Bitter (ESB) marries a pallet of floor malted Golden Promise malt with about 55 pounds of Northwest hops. The result: a hop head’s delight. Get it while you can…"
must run, not walk, back to firefly and see if there are any more bottles there to be had. i'm a fan! cheers hildy indeed!
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 lovely victoria british columbia, i would like to personally thank this bottle for making the trek across the strait and my helpful beer consultant at firefly for suggesting it be included in my ipa tasting odyssey.
hildegard isn't a regular feature of driftwood's beer stable, but they did have this to say about it on their website: "This Extra Special Bitter (ESB) marries a pallet of floor malted Golden Promise malt with about 55 pounds of Northwest hops. The result: a hop head’s delight. Get it while you can…"
must run, not walk, back to firefly and see if there are any more bottles there to be had. i'm a fan! cheers hildy indeed!
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