This is the defining classic Northwest Pale Ale and one that is so brilliantly approachable and drinkable that even your Mass-Produced-Pilsner-Addicted pals will find nothing to bitch about. And a LOT to love.
Coco(a) is a beer that is a damned-site better than about 99% of all the desserts I’ve enjoyed in My Life as a Sugar Fiend and I’m willing to bet it will hit you much the same way.
I could have really just copied and pasted in this review. It’s depressing, for a writer; akin to a 60+ year old rock star having to sing his first hit song every night for 40 years.
Nobody in America has yet equaled what Larry Sidor has now done twice (!). Crux Fermentation Project Tough Love [Banished] 2017 is as good as it gets in American Imperial Stout.
XXIX is, even in its fast-company lineage, is a fierce and brilliant animal…I’ve had actual sex that wasn’t as satisfying as this ale…
Deschutes “American Wheat” is a classic American ale. Already, with ONE sip, but confirmed with every successive mouthful.
As they enter into the tail end of their fifth year in business, Crux continues to make a claim, with every new release, as one of America’s truly great breweries.
DrinkTanks is The Real Deal in thermal growlers and no one has, as yet, seriously challenged them.
