live tasting!
here for your reading pleasure is my real time reviews of Swans Extra IPA and Moylan's Hopsickle Imperial Ale.
didn't have a great day today, so its a two beer review this time folks! and two heavy hitters! the extra ipa is 6.8% and the moylan's is 9.2%. forget what ails you!
swans was incredibly carbonated and heady. unfiltered, so kinda cloudy. had kind of a belgian lager taste to it to me... you know, on the sour yeasty side... definitely not my favourite flavour... so not my new favourite ipa. would i drink it again if you bought it for me? for sure. would i drink it instead of coors light - doubly for sure. will i buy another big bottle for myself? doubtful.
i find the hopsickle a little on the malty side... drinkable for sure, but one the malty side for me. good head, some lace remaining... live yeast, so its a bit sedimenty and cloudy. the alcohol is nicely tempered though, it just feels a little warmer going down than your average beer. the further we get into it, the more bitter it becomes. and not a good hoppy bitter. as bridget says, "just f'ing bitter".
would i drink more of it? if you're buying, sure. if i'm buying.... not so much. there are plenty of other ipas out there that have won my heart, or least my liver.
i am feeling the percentages, so i'm too lazy to fetch photos, or check websites. what you get is what's on the bottle. (july 8th update: look, i found a couple of pics!!)
swans is not so forthcoming: "Unfiltered Beer, some sedimentation may occur. Keep refrigerated. Please Recycle."
moylan's is a bit more generous: "This is a "Hop" tribute, worthy of a King's Imperial Court! Enjoy the blast of fresh Tomahawk, Chinook and Anthanum Hops as they stimulate the taste buds in a truly Imperial Fashion. Pucker Up!"
not our best choices... but good to cross off the list! i'm all about lists...
swans was incredibly carbonated and heady. unfiltered, so kinda cloudy. had kind of a belgian lager taste to it to me... you know, on the sour yeasty side... definitely not my favourite flavour... so not my new favourite ipa. would i drink it again if you bought it for me? for sure. would i drink it instead of coors light - doubly for sure. will i buy another big bottle for myself? doubtful.
i find the hopsickle a little on the malty side... drinkable for sure, but one the malty side for me. good head, some lace remaining... live yeast, so its a bit sedimenty and cloudy. the alcohol is nicely tempered though, it just feels a little warmer going down than your average beer. the further we get into it, the more bitter it becomes. and not a good hoppy bitter. as bridget says, "just f'ing bitter".
would i drink more of it? if you're buying, sure. if i'm buying.... not so much. there are plenty of other ipas out there that have won my heart, or least my liver.
i am feeling the percentages, so i'm too lazy to fetch photos, or check websites. what you get is what's on the bottle. (july 8th update: look, i found a couple of pics!!)
swans is not so forthcoming: "Unfiltered Beer, some sedimentation may occur. Keep refrigerated. Please Recycle."
moylan's is a bit more generous: "This is a "Hop" tribute, worthy of a King's Imperial Court! Enjoy the blast of fresh Tomahawk, Chinook and Anthanum Hops as they stimulate the taste buds in a truly Imperial Fashion. Pucker Up!"
not our best choices... but good to cross off the list! i'm all about lists...
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