Highland Lost Cove | American Pale Ale

I think I’m becoming less of a hop head. Did I really just type that out loud? There was a time when my beer fridge was packed with IPAs, imperial IPAs, a triple IPA or two, maybe even a black IPA…..not anymore, there are a few buried amongst Belgians, stouts, imperial stouts, sours, browns, saisons, a few lagers (gasp!) to name a few. The simple fact of the matter is that there are just too many good beer styles out there these days and just when you think you’ve tasted everything a style has to offer, someone goes and changes your perception.

Cue Highland Lost Cove. I’ll be the first to admit, when I saw “pale ale” on the label I immediately thought another pale ale… Being a nice day, I took it outside, did it’s glamour photos (none of which were straight by the way – this was before any beer), cracked it open and low and behold it had a lighter color than I expected – Pilsen, Carapils & Vienna grains. Pilsen has such a distinctive nose to me – earthy, a little bready, sweetness I’m

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