11.15 - Snake Bitten

Beer mail is the best mail.  Got myself a growler of this little beauty and another brew from down South. Had some guys in my beer group rave and rave about this.. let's see if it lives up to the hype

Good People Brewing Company - Snake Handler 

a 9.3% ABV  103 IBU Double IPA out of Birmingham, Alabama.  Coppery orange pour with almost no head; I would've considered the growler to be a bit flat.. but the pour in the stock photo above looks a touch flat too.  HUGE thick syurpy orange citrus notes ooze from the pour.  Booze and pine encompass the rest of the nose..  simple and straight-forward, but massive in every aspect.  The taste picks up where the nose left off in that it's just a boozy, hoppy, malty beast of a DIPA.  The malts give it a strong sweetness that balances out some stone fruit and piney resin hops.  Super citrusy, super resinous, super good.  Great up-and-comping brewery, or so I hear from the folks that sent me this!

- - 8 Hops!