Showing posts with label IPL review. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IPL review. Show all posts

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Widmer Brothers BRRR and Samuel Adams Double Agent IPL

  Two to taste. First one I did before, but I am doing from notes, since I did not have access to the keyboard. A computer in our house is as rare as a tv was in a house when there was only one, and three people all wanting different channels. Most of you are not old enough to remember. Anyway.....
Widmer Brothers BRRR
  The beer holds a head and has a nice colour. The flavour has some caramel and malt. It puts me in mind of a brown ale, but with a twist. A nice change, but not as festive as some of i'ts competitors.So I would say its ok, but not my first choice for winter refreshment.
Now the official word on it.

BRRR Seasonal Ale
Bold Hop Flavor, Malty Sweet Finish
Warm Up with a Cold One. Or Two. Our winter red ale is the perfect treat, naughty or nice. The deep red body fills your glass and a citrusy hop aroma fills your nose. Then caramel and chocolate malts reward you with a perfectly balanced, malty sweet flavor and velvety finish.
Availability Bitterness Alcohol by Volume
October - December 50 IBU 7.2%
Original Gravity Malts Hops
17 Plato Pale, Caramel 10L & 80L, Carapils, Dark Chocolate



Next is Samuel Adams Hopology series Double Agent IPL. A light colour, so I was surprised by it's initial hoppiness. However there was a slight almost metal taste to it. Better than some Sam Adams items, but hoping the Hopology collection has more to offer.
Official description below, so until we meet again, I bid you taste.Bottle Detail Large doubleagent

                                 HOP VARIETIES

Zeus, Simcoe, Citra, Ahtanum, Cascade, Centennial, and Nelson Sauvin hops

MALT VARIETIES

Samuel Adams® two-row pale malt blend and Munich malt

YEAST STRAIN

Botton-fermenting Lager

COLOR

Bright amber / 10 SRM

SPECIAL INGREDIENTS


ALC. BY VOL/WT

5.0%ABV - 3.9%ABW

IBUs

43

CAL PER SERVING


AVAILABILITY

Year Round