Fangboner India Brett Ale

cask days 2011.
murky orange juice pour, big bouquet of hops, all kinds of citrus fruit, and some light pine. quite bitter, but very pleasant. a tiny bit of funk, it’s coming through, but i’m not getting much. nice pithy finish, medium bitterness. I didnt find the brett added much, it was there, but it was just hoppy in my opinion. nice offering though.

Cloudy tan, no head, big fruity, fresh hop aroma. Sweet, fruity, lots of hops but definitely just a touch of brett in the finish.

Cool concept, and comes together decently. Pours orange with pillows head like nitro and corresponding carpet lacing. Brett is very subtle here with some hops and malt undertones. Bretta doesn’t shine here bit kind of works to dampen hops flavour. Tap at volos.

(Draught at BarHop, Sept 19 2013) Poured a darkish orange with a small white head, no lacing. Aroma is really Citra hop-forward, smells like a fantastic IPA, not too much Brett character but that may be because the predominant esters produced smell like Citra! Flavour was equally big Citra hop-forward, nice bitterness, a decent caramel malt body and then some funky, Bretty yeast character really livening up the latter half of the palate. Quite bitter on the finish. Mouthfeel moderate, carb a little high. Nice big hoppy IPA with a Brettanomyces twist. Love it, wish I’d had more, too many great beers at the GLB/Bellwoods takeover. Please bottle this bad boy!

A hazed amber IPA with a thin off white head. In aroma, smooth foral hops with Brett notes, orange pulp, very nice and smooth. In mouth, a smooth floral hops over biscuitty malt, light restrained Brett notes, very nice citrusy notes, excellent. Cask Days, Oct. 30 2011.