“Our triple pale is a bastardization of three regionally distinctive recipes that were stacked in unequal measure in order to make a beefy beer which highlights each recipe\u2019s finer points: Esters from a dominant Flanders yeast are reigned-in by cleaner American and London strains; Kent Golding hops provide mild bitterness, giving English and Belgian specialty malts room to breath; Oregonian hops offer a fragrant nose; Belgian candy sugar boosts the strength of this mash-up to 8.5% ABV.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Furthermore Makeweight
\nBelgian IPA, 8.5% ABV
\nBeer Advocate Rating of B+<\/em><\/p>\nSayeth the Guys:<\/em><\/p>\nRyan:<\/strong> I’ve had a few of Furthermore’s beers before – namely the Knot Stock, Fatty Boombalaty and Thermo Refur.\u00a0 I’ve noticed a bit of a pattern with this brewery; either their beers are great or intriguing.\u00a0 Not bad. mind you, but intriguing.\u00a0 The first two, a pepper pale ale and a big Belgian white ale, were great.\u00a0 The third, well, I can’t think of any other way to describe a beer made with beets as anything other than intriguing.\u00a0 So what does the Makeweight fall under?\u00a0 Intriguing and maybe confusing.<\/p>\nThis beer is billed as a triple IPA but not because it is ridiculously bitter like Founders Devil Dancer.\u00a0 No, this beer is a triple IPA in the sense that it is a mashup of a Belgian IPA, English IPA and American IPA.\u00a0 Beer Advocate labels it a Belgian IPA which may be the most accurate way to describe this but I even thought it could be more of a Belgian Tripel.<\/p>\n
This beer poured a caramel brown in color with a bit of off-white head that billowed and dissipated rather quickly.\u00a0 The smell was kind of funky; there were hints of banana and clove but you really had to get your nose in there to even pick that up.\u00a0 So far it does not smell like any of the three aforementioned IPA’s.\u00a0 Makeweight tastes equally as funky.\u00a0 It starts off a little sweet with some banana bread and more clove, followed by a brief splash of some floral hops, ending with what I can only describe as sweet malts, dark cherries and booze.\u00a0 In fact, this one burned all the way down.\u00a0 You can taste every bit of the 8.5% ABV.\u00a0 If you let it warm that little splash of hops is gone and Makeweight is all banana and dark fruits.<\/p>\n
Like I said – intriguing and confusing.\u00a0 There were times when I wasn’t sure what I was drinking or if I really liked it.\u00a0 I am glad I gave this a shot though and it doesn’t deter me at all from sampling any of Furthermore’s other offerings.\u00a0 In fact, if this piqued your interest I would say pick a bottle up if you run across it – but only get one.\u00a0 Honestly, I don’t know what I would do with a six pack of this – which may explain why I got it in a trade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This beer is billed as a Furthermore triple IPA but not because it is ridiculously bitter. Honestly, I don’t know what I would do with a six pack of this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1525,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[947],"yoast_head":"\n
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