Year-in-Beer Week 15

Ahh now we are back on schedule.

Week 15 of Year-in-Beer is Magic Hat's Elder Betty

Make-up #3

Long Trail's Pollinator:

From their website:

Features a medium amber body, balanced with a modest amount of Willamette hops. This spring ale is highly drinkable, flavorful and finishes clean and crisp.

IBUs: 23
ABV: 4.6%

Make-up #2

Make-up #2 is 21st Amendment Brew Free or Die IPA

From their website:

BREW FREE! OR DIE IPA is brewed with some serious west coast attitude. This aromatic golden IPA starts with a sucker punch of six different hops to the nose, quickly balanced by a solid malt backbone. Our top selling beer at the pub, this IPA starts big and finishes clean leaving you wanting more.

ABV: 7%
IBUs: 70
 

Make-up #1

So we missed weeks 12-14, so we are doing 3 make-up weeks.  Here's the first:

Make-up week #1 is Redhook's ESB.  From their website:

Brewed in the style of a traditional British ESB (Extra Special Bitter), we’ve been making ESB continuously since 1987, and it’s now the benchmark for the Amber beer category.  Despite having “bitter” in its name, Redhook ESB is really not that bitter at all.  This brew is all about the balance of caramel malt sweetness completed by spicy, citrusy hops.

Abv 5.8%

IBUs 28.0 IBU