Drinking a Couple of USA craft beers

in beersaturday •  5 years ago 

It's summer down here in Melbourne, Australia so chasing a bit of summery refreshment we tried a couple of nice Hoppy ales from the home of new Skool IPA's - The United states of America.

Two US Beers (1 of 1).JPG

First up is from Toppling Goliath Brewing and is called Pseudo Sue Pale Ale.

pyseudo Sue (1 of 1).JPG

When is a pale ale actually an IPA? IPA's tend to be higher hopped and higher alcohol than a pale ale, this is pretty hoppy, using a single hop, and if you wanted to rely on a single hop then Citra is a bloody good choice as it leads to very drinkable fruity tones. The alcohol level is 5.8% which is probably the only thing keeping it from being an IPA, a touch high by Australian standards (where most pales would be around 4.8%) but not high by US standards.

All in all its a very drinkable beer, great artwork with a cool T-Rex on the can. I like it a lot.

Our second choice Knee Deep's brewing Breaking Bud.

Breaking Bud (1 of 1).JPG

I like the Breaking Bad inspired can design - probably just skirking on the edge of a lawsuit for copyright infringement. The smell is dank which is certainly a hint to the taste, but surprisingly the hops are actually not that strong. It's actually less extreme than the pale ale, and a slight disappointment - oh well maybe this is the Better Call Saul of breaking bad themed series.

Authors get paid when people like you upvote their post.
If you enjoyed what you read here, create your account today and start earning FREE STEEM!
Sort Order:  

Nice post, I must say I do love the artwork on both cans!!
!BEER

I’ll have to send you some +10% ABV IPAs

Wouldn't they be double IPA's?

Some are double and some are BBA.


Hey @harveyword, here is a little bit of BEER from @rynow for you. Enjoy it!

Learn how to earn FREE BEER each day by staking.