Beer, just like goodbye's, can be bitter sweet. Take for instance Stone Brewery's Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale that was recommended to me my good beer buddy Brian. A strong American Black Ale that's sure you get your sense of smell and taste really going.
Poured into a pilsner, the first thing i noticed was the color. So dark, that no light was able to travel through the glass. A 1/2" nice creamy head developed at the top and the smell of chocolate and grapefruit immediately hit my nose.
Extremely complex taste. It's plenty hoppy, a mixture of grapefruit and pine, but it has this full malty backbone with some notes of coffee and chocolate. It's extremely balanced, a perfect mixture of hops and malt. Very tasty.
I would again like to thank my buddy Brian, who i've had the pleasure of working with these last few months. It will definitely suck not having him around the office to shoot the shit and talk about what beer's we've recently enjoyed. He's off to bigger and better things, but i have a feeling we will still be talking beer a long time from now.
Cheers!
Stats:
ALC/VOL 8.7%, 90 IBUs
Availability: 22oz Bottles & Draft
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