http://andersandale.blogspot.se/I guess we just have to accept the "monkey", the abbreviation of "American Pale Ale." or APA. I should not joke today without telling briefly about when I met Jeffrey Scott Brown for the first time, the Society Maltes "hembryggarfestival 'last year here in Malmö.Yes or "hit" is well to take in.. I went up to him and said "pale ale please" for a while later to go up again and say "IPA please". Maybe not quite the "meet'However, I met his beer, really .. Yes or maybe it met me? They presented themselves as a pretty impressive and surprising unity in the form of a large blunt demonic Americans during an "event" which was otherwise quite "svennigt" in its modesty. Undoubtedly Sweden is longing for some all american 'damn same' that the brewery as "taking in" the brewery that just "do what it does" and delivers that rush many of us beer geeks are longing for (hops)In this case, this was clearly, "Jeff" had with him a beer he called "pale ale" which was extremely well hopped like a typical West Coast IPA, his "india pale ale" in turn was even more bitter and would probably fit under most quite well into the category of "double / imperial IPA". While to the brewer himself, this did not appear in the least surprising, but rather natural. He's just like handing out generous samples up-pumped beer, happily, glass after glass, and thus I can in all honesty say that I do not recall any direct details .. Yeah except I trust his so-called "pale ale" very high, followed by his "IPA" who lost a little to have a slightly noticeable alcohol taste at that particular moment.Expectations were built anyway, and now I sit here with South Plains Brewing Company's first official beer glass "APA". One, not surprisingly, an American pale ale at 6% and 44 IBU.The beer is hazy bright orange in the glass with a little dense, off-white head of foam that leaves thin sticky residue behind on the inside of the glass. The aroma is juice-like fruity hop fueled with hints of sweet peaches, pineapple, fresh lemon and crisp pine shoots with clear, however, relatively easy maltiness of caramel and warm fruit.Relatively easy and style typical of first impression, but fresh and luxurious complex on closer sniffing.The taste? Is also very hop juice-like and glides nicely on a moderately detailed fine-bubbled carbonation, spreading an aggressive bunch of hops needles in the mouth, which in turn opens up the wounds where citrus tickles and thrive. Almost a little "ouch" at the first hop attack, but it sadomassochistisk hop head and clenched like certainty.After the first swallow, it is green hop bitterness that has taken a stranglehold on the tongue, so while the malt stays relatively in the background, it's there and it provides just enough sweetness to the tongue to survive. Finally, pine needles, on the border with SWINGING grapefruit and light, light caramel who barely have time to get along in the post-battle before they are there for another sniff, another sip and a little bit like that is it, then bottle out.Overall, a balanced American pale ale which also stands out in the Scandinavians with their freshness and aggressively humlade general nature, that while it boasts a dense maltbase that, at least in recent times does not seem like that uncomfortable sticky but rather tastes matching clean and healthy smooth. In comparison with the prototypes / testbrygder I've tried from the "South Plains" this is anyway a rather nice beer with significantly less "wow factor" when there really grassy, citrus-charged flavor from dry-hop does not appear as clearly in either taste or fragrance.This "monkey" strikes me as a little more "normal beer", although it is a very well done things that I am more than happy to drink around the clock (more or less, for health reasons) and in comparison with other hops emphasized on systems company so satisfying This far exceeded expectations.Systembolaget? Yes "monkey" is unleashed on 1st september and will in true spirit Malmö make havoc with systemsbolaget "Mobilia", "Crown Prince" and "Limhamn". What then should mean that you can order any amount to their nearest liquor store anywhere in the country, something I would do asap (as we still run hard with abbreviations) for the fresh hops sake.
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