Beer 247: Twisted Pine Hoppy Boy

I'm harkening back to the great beer-cation of 2012 and going all hoppy with tonight's beer. It is the Twisted Pine Hoppy Boy IPA.


It poured a hazy orange-tinged copper color with an off white head. It smells like a sweet orange. The flavor is very interesting...some malt and orange layered with hop bite. It's dry with some earthy notes. If you're into solidly hoppy beers, then I think you will definitely like this one.

Cheers!

E'rybody in the Club Gettin' Twisted

Beer #247 Hoppy Boy IPA / Twisted Pine Brewing Company, Boulder, CO

You know how I didn't want to spend my Monday?  Having someone come in and replace my garbage disposal and a bunch of piping under the sink and in the basement.  Home ownership is totally breaking my balls today, and I'm not really enjoying.  Might need to take the edge off with a beer.

Today's beer is the Hoppy Boy IPA, from Twisted Pine Brewing.  It pours a hazy, golden hue with a fluffy white head that eventually settles down.  Your nose picks up classic IPA aromas of grapefruit and pine, and the flavor has a big dose of hops up front (more citrus and pine), but a surprising amount of malt in the middle.  Lots of caramel and honey in there before it wraps up with a dry, bitter finish.  Not entirely what I was expecting, but don't mistake that to mean I didn't enjoy it.  A nice beer for a warm summer night.

Tall can needs a giant mug

Twisted Pine started brewing beer in 1995, and in 2003 moved to a larger production facility to help meet increased demand.  For your viewing pleasure, here's a picture of a twisted pine tree we found on a hike up St. Mary's Glacier last summer.

Nature!

Thing to Think About Today:
If we're drinking a beer with pine aroma and flavors from a beer named after a tree, then we're getting our way back machine and go back to the very early 1990's for music by Belly.  Why?  Easy: their hit song, Feed the Tree!  So feel free to sing along here (I'm assuming you're in your mid-30's, of course).