Hop Head Ale
Received from BlackAngus as part of BC2. Thanks! A gentle pour produced a gigantic, billowing head that nearly overflowed from the glass after only a couple ounces. Yikes! Looks pretty overcarbonated. After the off-white foam settled, and left some clumpy lacing behind, the hazy dark gold beer looked pretty decent. The aroma was surpringly malty, with lots of caramel and toffee. Hops were relegated to a supporting role, but had a nice grassy/floral/pine mix. The flavour was strong on malt too, lots of toffee that carried through into the finish. Moderate bitterness with a little fruitiness and grassy, piney hops. A little metallic in the finish. Medium bodied with fairly low carbonation after all the initial de-gassing, feels a little dead. A bit of a mess overall, but still fairly drinkable. Fixing the carbonation issue (which others have also brought up) would help a lot.