This is my first IPA from the Dry River crew and I am excited to see what these botanicals add/subtract and how they have interpreted the style.
Bouquet is a “barrel fermented IPA “dry hopped” with locally foraged botanicals.” Which the brewer believes imparts spice, orange peel, grapefruit, white pepper, clove and sweet citrus.
Let’s see if it does…..
I will have to respectfully disagree about the IPA but this is made up for in the botanical part of the name. This is way spicy. Murky brown with a big earthy aroma to it. Cinnamon, nutmeg and just damn winter ale like to me. Like walking into a spice purveyor. More saison like to me. I am even catching some really rough pineapple notes too. But that is a deep cut.
I really like this but it is quite different from the “normal” beers out there.