Purchased as a 750 mL at Big Z beverages in New York. Delighted to find this at the time, but also seems silly that paperwork (apparently) has prevented us from getting this in GA.
Shared this one at The Brick Store recently.
Hazy, orange amber pour with some nice, sticky lace.
Nose and tastes are essentially a malt bomb which may confuse those people looking for a West Coast style DIPA. I have no problem with a DIPA taking on some significant malt character, but in this case the beer seems overwhelmed by a bready sweetness that is unrelenting. I suppose it’s all in order, but it actually makes the beer have a very low drinkability IMO – surprising coming from me, since I usually enjoy that aspect of many beers.
Very little hop character and a LOT of Barleywine-like features, but strangely without the typical hop aggression of the American BW, or the sherry-like notes of the English original.
My first CCB beer, and to be honest, given all the hoopla surrounding this brewery I’m not greatly impressed. Having said that, the amount of hype that accompanies certain, new breweries and their beers these days, how could the hype be justified? Impossible.
Strange beer that I don’t think much of.