Category: I would love to taste,,,

These are the beers that I wish I could taste for the first time.

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From Outside the U.S. – Part 3 – Wicked

Brasserie de la Senne has gone back in craft beer time to collaborate We on a new beer, Pete’s Wicked Tripel.  That name should sound familiar because it is Pete Slosberg. The Pete of Pete’s Wicked Ale fame from way back in the day.  Slosberg is into chocolate now so the beer a Tripel with cacao nibs.

The description sounds very nuanced and layered, “The result is a very complex and at the same time highly drinkable beer, despite having 8 ABV. At first in the aromas we find touches of green coffee. They blend with the fruity fermentation aromas, a beautiful maltiness and a touch of citrus. Secondly, the cacao will develop in the after taste, in all its complexity, warmth and length. The cacao nibs also played a part in the interesting full texture of the beer.”

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From Outside the U.S. – Part 1 – Duvel and Brazil

I am a big fan of Duvel’s barrel-aged program.  And the next one is a very unique choice.   Going the historical route with Brazilian cachaça from Brazil. Sorta like a rum relative.

Duvel snagged over 400 oak cachaça barrels for their cellars and after 8 months of aging achieved what they say is Duvel but with a “lively fruit punch, which then expands festively with notes of oak, dried nuts and vanilla.”  

If I do see the Duvel Barrel Aged, The Brasil Rum Edition. You know I will pick it up.

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IPA ReMix

Portland not only has the Trailblazers, we now have a G-League affiliate, the  Rip City Remix and they have their PDX debut tonight!

And they have an eponymous beer as well.  Rip City Remix IPA brewed by Backwoods Brewing. “a straightforward IPA that is brewed with experimental hops that creates a 3 pointer of flavors, including cherry, melon and citrus!”  

Gonna have to find a way to get a 4-pack down here to Glendale.

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Tiki Zombie

The mini Tiki renaissance continues with a Zombie IPA from Lagunitas.

The Tiki Fusion Zombie is an “exotic fusion of flavors has been crafted to conjure cocktailian notes of orange juice, fresh lime, grapefruit, & allspice; and brewed without summoning any (liquor) spirits. Our homage to the original Zombie and tiki movement, both created in our home state of California.”