Beer Name: Trial Run
Style: ESB
ABV: 5.6%
Color: Toffee (the fancy kind)
Cheese Pairing: Monte Enebro
Food Pairing: Goat stew
Music Pairing (Jimbo's Choice): "Why Don't You" by Spiders
Music Pairing (Jared's Choice): "Philly Jump" by Instant Funk
Best Occasion to Drink: While you're trying to get in one last Outside Beer before the day gets cold
Brewers' Notes: Our friends at Four Star gave us some cool experimental hops from their experimental hop yard (specifically whole leaf galena, a hop whose West Coast counterpart has been a favorite of ours for a while now) and now we get to try 'em! And the smart thing to do would have been to make a straightforward IPA or pale ale with little to no grain flavor to get in the way of that hoppy goodness, but also we really *wanted* an ESB so we made an ESB! (and also we've got a bunch of these experimental hops, so they'll be turning up here and there for a little while) Anyway, this little experiment gives us the chance to see what kind of style the East Coast will bring to this cool lil' hop, and we get to test out some new stuff for our Hop Friends, and we get to use hops that nobody else can and all in all we think that's cool as hell!
Style: ESB
ABV: 5.6%
Color: Toffee (the fancy kind)
Cheese Pairing: Monte Enebro
Food Pairing: Goat stew
Music Pairing (Jimbo's Choice): "Why Don't You" by Spiders
Music Pairing (Jared's Choice): "Philly Jump" by Instant Funk
Best Occasion to Drink: While you're trying to get in one last Outside Beer before the day gets cold
Brewers' Notes: Our friends at Four Star gave us some cool experimental hops from their experimental hop yard (specifically whole leaf galena, a hop whose West Coast counterpart has been a favorite of ours for a while now) and now we get to try 'em! And the smart thing to do would have been to make a straightforward IPA or pale ale with little to no grain flavor to get in the way of that hoppy goodness, but also we really *wanted* an ESB so we made an ESB! (and also we've got a bunch of these experimental hops, so they'll be turning up here and there for a little while) Anyway, this little experiment gives us the chance to see what kind of style the East Coast will bring to this cool lil' hop, and we get to test out some new stuff for our Hop Friends, and we get to use hops that nobody else can and all in all we think that's cool as hell!