Beer Infinity Beer, Brewing & Beyond
| Yesterday’s post was, I suppose, a bit of a distraction on one point. Although I used Gigantic’s newest beer to illustrate a wholly unrelated point, I didn’t much discuss the beer itself. Now to rectify that oversight.
Very often, you come to understand a beer the less you know about it. The Green Dragon, where I sampled the Gigantic, has a great taplist that, perversely, gives the drinker zero information beyond a name. They don’t even list the ABV. That leaves you with nothing else but your nose and mouth to figure out what you’re drinking. It makes a session a bit more random, but when you find a gem, it also happens to make the experience more rewarding. When IPL arrived, I was startled at its appearance, which might have passed in a line-up of Blue Ribbons. It is pale. Nothing India about that. But then, lifting it toward my nose, I caught a plume of the aroma, which was very India indeed. There’s a sweet, fruity underlayment and then something that first seems like pine bu … |
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