IP – Beer Can Cottage

TYPE: IPA
BREWERY: Spellbound Brewing, LLC
LOCATION: Mount Holly, NJ
CONTAINER: 6 x 12 oz cans
COST: $8.99
ABV: 6.5%
RATING: 4 swigs
REVIEWED BY: Dave

After rinsing his hair with last fall’s foliage, Winter Leland was told never to do that again. For that act of foliage, the one in mention, begged for the adjectives to describe it. This is possibly due to the opening line used to portray all those in favor…..

“Vivila le Plasteek!”

The wild boar was released– which was perfect for the boar– and thrown to the lions…. Oh, my bad…. Which was perfect for the lions. How embarrassing. I mean, how embarrassing for the select few who have given up their full time jobs to study photographs of grasses indigenous to the estuaries of Mainland China, putting aside their lust of parks known to house fossilized goodies such as: Click-Clacks, Smiley Faces, and the entire contents of the boar’s slop bag, which in fact, contained the possibility for scientists everywhere, to tilt their pencils forward thus breaking the ten minute silence by saying,

“How long can we go on like this? We’re supposed to be scientists!” It was then that Dr. Plasteek was brought out of hypnosis after a can of Hypnotic Hops IPA just in time to command his Badminton team into victory. After the game he was asked about the carry and commented that it was not a carry, due to a no nonsense IPA, with hints of citrus, focusing on the essential elements of what makes an IPA–The Hops. For the money, this goes into the cooler next to my shuttlecock.

“Vivila le Plasteek!”

THEIR STORY:

Our India Pale Ale has an aggressive aroma, highlighting bright citrus & Pine American Hop varieties. Light in body and bold in flavor. We have just enough malt to provide balance and keep you coming back for more.

TYPE: Imperial IPA (with 5 Hops)
BREWERY: Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company
LOCATION: Croydon, PA
CONTAINER: 1Pint Can
COST: Paid $10.21 for four 16 oz cans ($2.55/can), Wegmans
ABV: 9.5%
RATING:45 Swigs
REVIEWED BY: Dave

This Imperial Pale Ale was my coveted beer of choice in the early days of drinking craft beers: I hoarded this beer, not bringing this out at a party…. I was not sharing it at someone’s fire-pit sleep-over, I was not gifting it to a friend (well… maybe… if I could wear a Roswell alien mask) and I was not promoting it on a public website so that the prices would go up because it is so delicious. In fact, it was so delicious that it belonged on the ISS. This was the kind of beer I could drink all night, as long as I did not have to drive anywhere (9.5 ABV). The initial taste is sharply beautiful as each of the 5 hops tumble around on your taste buds and you want more before coming up for air.

The only issue I have is the crazy plastic top that holds the four cans in place; I was looking for the combination. Trying to remove one of these reminds me of the scenes on Star Trek, where Scotty had to remove the dilithium crystal core rods from the reactor,

“I can’t do this, Captain!”

You might think this is a little pricey for 4 cans, but realize these are 16 oz cans and the ABV is 9.5 % so that works out to be like a million cases of Ultra.

THEIR STORY:

“We brew with the same punk mentality that has been pushing bands and punk rock for the past 40 years. The shape of Hops to come is not only a nod to our favorite bands, but also an oath of always trying to push the limit of beer and our ability to make it. With this IPA we not only wanted to make something bitter, hoppy, and mouth crushing but wanted to try and incorporate some new hop varieties along with some well known favorites to craft a hop bomb of a beer that you won’t want to put down even if you don’t have any taste buds left. Hopped continuously from mash tun to kettle to fermenter, we cut loose withApollo, Newport, Slmcoe, Topaz, and Citra for a lethal hop concoction that we hope will be another step in the IPA evolutionary ladder.”

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