Friday, January 11, 2013

Might want to use google before naming your beer...

Ov-ral Imperial IPA, Mikkeller To Øl Collaboration
Not sure of the origins of the name of this beer, but before distributing it in the US the brewers should have google searched the name. It is the name of a morning after pill! Anyway, it is a great beer.

10.5% abv. Pours a brilliant orange color with a wispy white head. Somewhat original aroma has a nice combination of caramel malt, banana, and pine. Super smooth mouthfeel with solid carbonation. Strong hops jump right out at you, followed by a sweet bready, dried fruit, caramel malt, and then a tinge of peppery alcohol esters. The wild yeast definitely give is a little bit of a funk as well. Gets a bit astringent toward the end, but not in a bad way. Some warming in the belly halfway through the glass. For some reason I find it somewhat somewhat reminiscent of Pliny the Elder, but much funkier. 

1 comment:

Mark said...

Maybe it was meant to be hilarious - a beer so good you drink it the morning after as a penance to the bad beer decisions you made the night before? I got nothin'.

Top notch beer blog here guy, from one Boston blogger to another.