Around The Bend Beer Company
(http://atbbeerco.com/)
6.3% ABV
FOUR yeast strains? Alrighty then.
I am openly hopophiliac - and I rarely find an IPA that I can't appreciate. This one was in cans in the cooler section of my local stockist and seemed a suitable candidate for both science and refreshment. It was also from a local brewery whose products I'd not yet sampled.
Ensconced in my easy chair, I poured it into a tulip glass and was greeted with a modest hop aroma on the piney side, and a flavor that was not as hop-forward as many - more malt character than may in this crowded segment, characterized by lingering sweetness and a bitter finish. Their website indicates that they use multiple yeast strains in this brew, but what effect was intended or achieved remains a mystery. It really came across as unremarkable, not nearly the hopcentric Villain it claimed to be. I wonder, were it's best days behind it? Or was I just hoping for more.
My Rating: 3.75 / 5
Untappd: 3.72 / 5
Prost!
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