Overall: Light, bright, and tasty with a good herbal hop presence. Mouthfeel: Light-bodied, clean, and it finishes nicely dry. Taste: Bright green hop notes with some herbal tea, light leafy earthiness, crisp malt that’s got some toasted wheat bread, and a grassy note. Rich malts behind the hops with some sweet scone character. Some peach skin, sugared citrus, and light herbal notes.
Smell: Aromatic with earthy tropical fruits and a dried/candied papaya note. It has a delicate white head with good lacing. Cheers to the boys in black and gold – we’ll be sure to save some beer for the Cup.Īppearance: Darker gold in color, crisply clear and bright. If you dont mind that beer belly or beer is your favorite drink, then youre sure to have a ball at. Wags, Coyle, and Grizzy teamed up to brew this limited Pils with 3x the regular dry hops for a full-on hat trick of flavor. Harpoon Brewery & Beer Hall is where the beer happens. There’s a magic number in hockey – three periods per game, three rounds of playoffs before the Cup, and three goals per hat trick – so for our third collab with our brewin’ friends, we knew we had to round out our starting line with a third Massachusetts native: Matt Grzelcyk. Even for that, it only has 20 IBUs, so it’s mainly aroma, from the Cascade, Sterling, Citra, and Mandarina Bavaria hops used.
There is something to be said for straightforward, well-brewed beers like this, although I’m not sure I’ve ever had a triple dry-hopped pils singularly dry-hopped, sure. Griffin Foundation I posted details here, and Harpoon also sent me samples to review. It’s a triple dry-hopped pilsner with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the Corey C. Boston’s Harpoon Brewery recently released Hometown Hat Trick, a collaboration brew with Massachusetts hockey players and the third (and final) such beer in this particular series.