Beer of the Weekend #447: Brew Free! Or Die IPA
Though I am still recovering from the flu, and have not really regained my appetite, I can taste beer. So…
The beer of the weekend is one of the only brews I was able to smuggle out of the Golden State: Brew Free! Or Die IPA, brewed by the 21st Amendment Brewery of San Francisco, California.
Oddly enough, the bottom of the can says it was brewed and canned in Cold Springs, Minnesota.
Serving type: 12-ounce can. The canned date on the bottle of the can is “02/04/13.”
Appearance: Poured into a pint glass. The color is hazy, pale gold. Two fingers of thick, creamy, eggshell-colored head dissipated slowly and left trails of foam along the glass.
Smell: Mmmm. Fresh dose of citrus but nothing overpowering. Light grapefruit, orange, and lemon. Caramel and pale malts.
Taste: It offers that sucker punch mentioned on the beer’s webpage; nice bitterness right off the bat. But that is all it seems to be right now. The citrus is tame and I wonder if the trip in my luggage affected it. It is mostly lemon, though there are light flavors of grapefruit and orange. Light caramel, pale malts, and toffee round it out.
Drinkability: Hmmm. I am torn. This was awesome stuff when I bought it in San Francisco last week. Since then, I flew it back to the Midwest and got the flu. My taste buds may not be 100 percent again — or the beer may not be 100 percent.
Fun facts about BF!ODIPA:
-Style: American IPA.
-Price: I bought it at E+E Fine Foods on Powell Street, but I can’t remember the price of the sixer. The plastic bag cost five cents, though. Way, to be progressive, San Francisco — I guess.
-Serving temperature: 45-50ºF.
-Alcohol content: 7 percent ABV.
-IBU: 70.
The Quiet Man’s grade: B+.
The beer of the weekend is one of the only brews I was able to smuggle out of the Golden State: Brew Free! Or Die IPA, brewed by the 21st Amendment Brewery of San Francisco, California.
Oddly enough, the bottom of the can says it was brewed and canned in Cold Springs, Minnesota.
Serving type: 12-ounce can. The canned date on the bottle of the can is “02/04/13.”
Appearance: Poured into a pint glass. The color is hazy, pale gold. Two fingers of thick, creamy, eggshell-colored head dissipated slowly and left trails of foam along the glass.
Smell: Mmmm. Fresh dose of citrus but nothing overpowering. Light grapefruit, orange, and lemon. Caramel and pale malts.
Taste: It offers that sucker punch mentioned on the beer’s webpage; nice bitterness right off the bat. But that is all it seems to be right now. The citrus is tame and I wonder if the trip in my luggage affected it. It is mostly lemon, though there are light flavors of grapefruit and orange. Light caramel, pale malts, and toffee round it out.
Drinkability: Hmmm. I am torn. This was awesome stuff when I bought it in San Francisco last week. Since then, I flew it back to the Midwest and got the flu. My taste buds may not be 100 percent again — or the beer may not be 100 percent.
Fun facts about BF!ODIPA:
-Style: American IPA.
-Price: I bought it at E+E Fine Foods on Powell Street, but I can’t remember the price of the sixer. The plastic bag cost five cents, though. Way, to be progressive, San Francisco — I guess.
-Serving temperature: 45-50ºF.
-Alcohol content: 7 percent ABV.
-IBU: 70.
The Quiet Man’s grade: B+.
