2018 Advent Beer Review | |
Date: Dec 1, 2018 | |
Beer: Short's Brewing Company - Juicy Tree | |
Style: IPA | |
Source: Elk Rapids, Michigan | |
ABV: Not Listed | |
"Experimental India Pale Ale brewed with spruce tips | |
with cranberries and juniper berries added." | |
Juicy Tree | |
This was an interesting beer to start advent off with. After reading | |
the description I was expecting this to taste like pine needles, and | |
it definitely delivered on that front! If I could make gin flavored | |
beer, this would be it. I could taste the juniper but not the | |
cranberries. Overall, the taste was very bitter even by IPA | |
standards. At first I didn't know if I would be able to finish the | |
whole bottle. But after a few sips my taste buds adjusted and by the | |
end, I was almost enjoying it. Definitely an interesting novelty | |
drink and not a bad brew, but not something that I would want to | |
have more than once a year or outside of the month of December. | |
Would I buy it again? No. | |
How much could I drink in one night? One 12oz bottle. |