Wednesday, May 29, 2013

5.29 - More Florida Beer

Here's some more that the mother person had brought back from Florida..

Florida Beer Company - Key West Southernmost Wheat
a 5.1% ABV and 16 IBU Witbier.  This sounds both pretty dang cool and like it could be a disaster at the same time.. so I'm gonna try this first so I'm not potentially let down after having some (maybe) good beers.  It's a very cloudy yellow along the lines of white grapefruit juice.  The main aroma is yeast, spice and the wheat.  There's touches of the key lime and some other tropical fruits (mango, pineapple, etc)  It's a surprisingly full, yet light beer with the Belgian yeast and spice characteristics taking center stage, but also playing along with a nice tart lime note.  It's like a Wit mixed with a small part Berliner Weisse.  It's sweet, a little sour...  just what you'd expect from the melding of the two, it that was what you were told to expect.  A nice little surprise of a beer for sure

- - 7 Hops!


Florida Beer Company/Ybor Gold - Ybor Gold Amber Lager
a 4.6% ABV 22 IBU Amber Lager.  An old coppery and very hazy pour..  big fluffy head.  Light, sweet caramel malts, some wheat.. dry hay aroma.. only very faint grassy hops present.  It's slightly creamy, but light and crisp at the same time..  definite wheat here.  Herbal and grassy hops at the forefront and in the finish.  It starts mellow and full of caramel then comes in a bit more crisp with some honey sweetness but slightly light and watery.  Some nice aspects to this, but not clean enough for the style.

- - 6 Hops!

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