Sunday, April 21, 2013

Alexander Keiths Hop Series - Hallertau, Cascade


Full disclosure: I knew going into this that I wasn't the target audience for these beers. I also was a bit confused about who the target audience for these products were. Craft beer people will go for more adventurous offerings from smaller brewers, and  I doubt this will be enough to convert anyone firmly in the "yellow beer in brown bottles" crowd.

There's enough hops in each so that you can tell some of the differences between them, the Hallertau is more spicy (grassy, herbal) and a bit milder bitterness wise. You can get a some citrus and pine out of the Cascade if you're looking for it. Neither of which are particularly hard on the flavour or bitterness profile which is fine if you're looking to get a beer out of the fridge for my mom or dad. A bit different and might make them a bit more aware of what's in their drink given the label but other than that... I think they'd drink it if I poured it for them but I doubt they'd pick it out themselves.

Personally I'm looking for a bit more out of my beer, I appreciate the effort but think it was a bit of a miss. Keiths' biggest mistake in my opinion was in not going harder on the hops and really making the different flavours of the hops pop. As it was, it was sort of meh.

http://keiths.ca/

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