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Let's look to a couple of places visited the week of
2018-02-26. I had a client to visit in western MA, so had time to go to two
little breweries in South Hadley and Ludlow.
Stopped on 2/28 at the Drunken Rabbit - 749 New Ludlow
Rd, South Hadley, MA - opened in
December 2017, and has a nice open tasting area, complete with a Crowler
canner.
Note Massachusetts is one of those bizarre states where you can buy marijuana,
but must use the exact same growler from the brewery, or they can't fill it. As
much as one would relish the idea of a trunkful of glass bottles, offering a
crowler is very nice.
Tried the following in two flights
(plus 1) from the Intoxicated Lagomorpha:
Flufflestiltskin - Ale,
IPA, Session - 4.8%
- 30 IBU - [score 7.6] (#9,457)
Hopped Over the Moon - Ale,
Belgian Witbier style - 5.8% - 23 IBU
- [7.0]
Double Honey Hop - Ale,
IPA, Double - 8.2%
- 75 IBU - [8.0]
Desperately seeking Sour - Ale,
Sour -
5% - 5 IBU
- [6.7]
Fuzzy Wuzzy - Ale,
IPA, New England - 6.4%
- 40 IBU - [6.5]
Happy Daze - Kölsch
Style -
5.5% - 25 IBU
- [5.5]
a nice drinking beer but a hoppy Kölsch just does not do it, I sometimes
question the Reinheitsgebot, but not in this case.
Rabbit De Niro - Ale,
Stout, Coffee - 5.2%
- 19 IBU - [8.5]
Jackalope Spiced Brown Ale - Ale,
Brown, Spice - 6%
- 12 IBU - [6.8]
try a collaboration with Jackalope Brewing in Nashville, TN!
Whisky Sour - Ale,
Sour, Fruit - 5%
- IBU not listed - [score
8.4] (#9,465)
not on the usual list, but the nice person behind the counter let me try
it. Quite good and more "puckering" to the sourness, if you like
that.
The next afternoon I had time to go
to the Iron Duke Brewing, at 100 State St,
Ludlow, MA. Similar sort of layout, with the workboot sole motif throughout.
Not sure really as to why, but the area used to be a mill complex supporting
fibers and fabrics used in shoes. Didn't have time to try all, so had a glass
of the Imperial Stout and a fight.
The flight, by the way, comes in this massive, heavy, milled metal holder:
52 - Ale,
Stout, Russian Imperial - 10.1%
- [score 7.6]
(#9,469)
hid the booze nicely but a bit thin
Baby-Maker - Ale,
Porter, Irish - 5.4%
- 24 IBU - [7.5]
Dead Nuts - Ale,
IPA, Rye - 5.6%
- 66 IBU - [8.0]
156
- Ale, Porter, Imperial - 8.1% - 72
IBU -
[8.5]
Positivity 3 - Ale,
IPA, Belgian Double - 8.9%
- 88 IBU - [score 8.0]
(#9,473)
this was nice and hoppy and the appropriate delicious taste of Belgium
;l
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