This ale is beautiful. I just wanted to throw this up and i will make some more remarks tonight. This is now one of my favorite pale ales. If the three floyds were named curly, larry, and moe; i would want to drink some mo floyd. some mo' floyd people.i just want to say "shemp" here at the end just in case anyone wants to try to be funnier than me by bringing him up.
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so the alpha king.
ReplyDeletei want to say we had this fourth.
we had hop rod rye just before it.
i had this on tap in chicago the weekend before our meeting and brought it back with me. this pale ale is very hard to explain. There is a lot going on but it is difficult for me to dissect it. It tastes very hoppy like an IPA which is the first reason i love it. But, it also has several other flavors which make it complex. what they are, though, i haven't figured out yet. They are not super sweet but have a distinctness that make it so different from other pale ales i've had in the past year. Someone help me here, church key, coy bell--i mean more hops man, someone needs to back me up here.
i am serious about checking out their other stuff. three floyds is from Munster, Indiana and i can't get it in st. louis, so i'll have to cross the illinois border to try to get some more. anybody had this stuff or anything by this brewery???
I had another review of Alpha King and I agree that this is a well constructed Pale Ale. It's pushing the line - loaded with hops but not quite enough to make the trip to India. It has a pleasant berry smell. The spice meets the tongue towards the back of the taste (in between mid and aftertaste).
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed with 3 Floyds. I have a Scotch Ale that I can't wait to crack open.