Welcome back for day #2! If you're unaccustomed to how things run around here, it's time for Winter Warmer Wednesday! Each Wednesday, I'll make it a point to review a winter warmer style beer. Not always a hit with me, but i'll take one for the team.
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| This is what I want to do to this bottle right now... |
Can I be honest for a second? How about for a minute?
I haven't had ANYTHING from this brewery that is something to rave over. I'm pulling for these guys and I don't want to see any craft brewer fail. Some people like these beers, but not me. I've given them a few tries, different styles even. Nothing so far has piqued my interest enough to purchase another single bottle, let alone a 6 pack or case. To be brutally honest, I'm soon done buying their stuff. I have one more later on this month and that's it.
I'm just getting this beer out of the way. I believe in second chances. I saw it at Weis and decided, "what the heck. I'll give these guys another shot since it's something I haven't tried."
Problem #1 - When I searched for this beer on my trusty Untappd app, I either find it under the name Icebreaker or the proper name with a different label. What exactly am I drinking here? Not a big deal, but if it's Icebreaker then it's a Double IPA and if it's Winterfish it's a Winter Warmer. It's a 7.5% beer, in which case it could technically be either style.
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| My label is like the one in the upper right corner. Their website shows the bottom right label as "official." The one on the left...well, see below... |
Problem #2 - I did a google search for the brewery to see what they had to say. Icebreaker isn't even on their site. It's like it doesn't exist.
Problem #3 - This beer is just awful. I'm sorry Fish Tale, but it's awful. I'll give you the Cliff Notes version since it's just not worth the time. I'll review this from a DIPA standpoint since there's NOTHING winter warmer about it.
The beer poured a hazy, golden amber with a decent beige head on top. The aroma was very earthy hop-like...like dirty hop-like.
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| I love hops...even earthy ones... |
The taste was exactly the same with an obnoxiously bitter and astringent finish. It almost reminded me of soap. Unfortunately, the bitterness hangs on for a long time, as well as the soapy flavor.
I apologize for the abundance of pictures this evening, but I had to make myself laugh and it needed to be spiced up a tad to be a bearable post. I need you to want to continue reading the rest of the month, right? I will forgo another fancy photo collage of my pretty rating and just tell you I gave it a 1 out of 5 on Untappd. It irritated me from the beginning and since it screwed up my Winter Warmer Wednesday segment, it got demoted.
Tomorrow will be better...I promise. You know, since I get to choose what I drink. Excuse me while I go pour another beer to get this awful taste out of my mouth...
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