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Review – Surreal Kush from Roadhouse Brewing and Mother Earth Brewing

Wyoming’s Roadhouse Brewing Co. meets California’s  Mother Earth Brewing Company for a surreal collaboration. 

According to the brewery notes, Surreal Kush is a “regular ole’ New Zealand Hops Fruit Basket” featuring a blend of four New Zealand hops Nelson, Riwaka, Wakatu and an experimental hop grown by NZ Hops LTD with the temporary name of NZH-104 which “brings intense passionfruit and guava aromas and a mineral character reminiscent of Southern Hemisphere Sauvignon Blancs.”

This medium dark orange hued IPA starts with a load of tangerine to my tastebuds. Getting a distinct guava smell. Light overall but not lacking balance. As it warms a bit, more tropical fruit notes start to pop. Almost hits a candy flavor but pulls back from that precipice. I don’t get the tart burst of a passionfruit but it is pretty close to the other descriptors.

You can find this beer at the following locations: Pasadena Erewhon Market, King’s Row, Elbow Room and at Lucky Baldwin’s.

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Lock the Hops

Advancements in hops keep coming and Roadhouse Brewing Co. has tag teamed up with a company called RipeLocker and hop growers at Oasis Farms to put a spin on their hazy IPA, The Walrus.

Per the press release, “RipeLocker has designed specialty containers for storing and shipping freshly harvested whole cone hops. Thanks to revolutionary CO2 technology, the atmosphere inside the containers can be regulated ensuring that the contents remain as fresh as possible. With these containers, craft brewers can extend the season for fresh hopped beers. Additionally, craft brewers located greater distances from hop growers will now have access to harvest fresh hops despite the additional transport time.”

“The Walrus has always utilized some of our favorite hops – Mosaic, Eldorado, Calypso and Amarillo, but for this wet hopped version, we utilized Mosaic and Idaho 7. The Idaho 7 certainly added a new level of tropical fruit and dankness to the beer that we usually don’t see when using pellets and other advanced hop products,” says Roadhouse Brewmaster Max Shafer.

If this technology passes more tests like this and is in the right price range, then it would really expand the definition of fresh hops.

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Featured Review – Two Beers from Roadhouse Brewery – Part 3

We enter the hoppy realm of Roadhouse with their Wilson IPA and their Volume 1 Hazy beer, Mountain Jam.

Mountain Jam Volume 1
This is pineapple all the way through. The aroma is like opening a can of pineapple chunks and the flavor follows through. There is a spritzy bitter hit that livens up the proceedings and ably tamps down the perceived sweetness. Certainly looks the hazy part.

Wilson
A little orange citrus. Mostly dank heaviness here. Wet and sticky on the tongue. Little bit of pine needle aroma. Nice lively carbonation. Like the lizard on the label. Good balance but doesn’t have the wow of the hazy.

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Featured Review – Two Beers from Roadhouse Brewery – Part 2 The Belgian


Round 2 of Roadhouse month brings us to a pair of high ABV Belgian beers….

Avarice & Greed
Strong golden. Nice lasting foamy Head. Like a hefe but imperial. Lots of clove notes. Well balanced for the most part. Bit of alcohol burn at the end of each sip. The three word descriptor on the label is spot on. Warm, dry and estery.

Siren Song
Though it is a whopping 5% higher than AG, it tastes milder. Getting fruitcakey flavors. Citrus, raisins. Little bit of menthol aroma. The yeast esters come through here but more wet and herbal. Spice, maybe rye notes as well.

Great to see these two beers in smaller bottle formats. That is so much more manageable. My winner would be the Siren Song. The lack of alcohol burn really sets it apart.

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In the Tap Lines for July 2017

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This month will be a recovery of sorts from Firestone Walker and L.A. Beer Week. But that doesn’t mean the posts will be any less fun. For July Roadhouse Brewing sent me a “care package” introduction to their beers that will be talked about all month.

~ e-visits to three breweries from Wyoming
~ special featured reviews of Jackson, Wyoming’s Roadhouse
~ Heads-Up on Los Angeles Beer Events
~ Three suggested beers to buy this month. One light, one medium and one dark
~ A Book & A Beer reads I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
~ I will tap the Firkin and give my no holds barred opinion on the craft beer world.

Here are two events to get your July started in the Los Angeles craft beer world:
1) July 11 – Summer Fermantality Dinner at Beachwood Blendery
2) July 22 – DTLA United Festival 4.0