Hill Country Beer Club

Members Choice
August 23, 2019

Steph's House
17:00:00

Brewer	Beer	Vintage	Score
Innis and gunn	Blood Red Sky	2019	90
Southern Star	Texas Golden Bock		83
Southern Star Brewing Company	Subatomico	2019	87
Ballast Point Brewing Company	Fathom	2019	89
Firestone Walker Brewing Company	Mind Haze	2019	88
Bell's Brewery	Official Hazy IPA	2019	88
Boulevard Brewing Company	Space Camper Cosmic IPA	2019	89
Sierra Nevada	Hop Bullet		90
Copper Kettle Brewing Company	Sobremesa	2019	88
Pizza Port Brewing Company	KooK DIPA	2019	91
Buffalo Bayou Brewing CO	Pineapple!		85
Buffalo Bayou Brewing CO	More Cowbell	2019	91
Brouwerij Van Steenberge	de Garre	2019	91
Hop Guru	Experimental Batch 2019-01	2019	90
Hop Guru	Imperial Stout (2019)	2019	92
Hoppin Frog Brewery	T.O.R.I.S The Tyrant	2018	90

Who Offered: BRANDY, FATBOY, JAM MASTER JAY, KAY JAY, LARA, SANTA, STEPH, WESTEXANS

Who Drank: BRANDY, FATBOY, LARA, PRIMETIME, SANTA, STEPH, WESTEXANS

Summary

90	Innis and gunn Blood Red Sky Red \| % ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: LARA

83	Southern Star Texas Golden Bock Bock \| 5.26% ABV \| 18 IBU Offered By: STEPH

Club/Brewer Notes:
Texas Golden Bock is a tip of the cap to the original Hill Country dark lager. The color is golden straw, with a pillowy white head. We used non-GMO ground white corn for 20% of the grain bill, providing a light body and a slightly sweet flavor. The nose is light noble hops, and a touch of sulfur. The flavor is sweet corn, offset slightly by the bitterness of roasted barley, and just a kiss of German hops. This is a perfect beer for the hot Texas summer, whether you're floating the river, smoking a brisket, or quenching your thirst after mowing the yard twice a week.

87	Southern Star Brewing Company Subatomico American-Style India Pale Ale (IPA) \| 5.3% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: STEPH

Club/Brewer Notes:
Juicy IPA

89	Ballast Point Brewing Company Fathom American-Style India Pale Ale (IPA) \| 6% ABV \| 50 IBU Offered By: FATBOY

Club/Brewer Notes:
Fathom IPA highlights our favorite characteristics of the west-coast IPA style. This crisp and clean brew features a touch of malt on the surface with an ocean of zesty orange and piney hops below. The result is a refreshing, easy drinking IPA with just the right amount of depth.

88	Firestone Walker Brewing Company Mind Haze American-Style India Pale Ale (IPA) \| 6.2% ABV \| 40 IBU Offered By: FATBOY

Club/Brewer Notes:
From the coast of California comes Mind Haze, a free-spirited beer made to elevate your perceptions—juicy yet balanced, hazy yet lasting, and loaded with an imaginative array of tropical hop flavors. In the words of Brewmaster Matt Brynildson, “Mind Haze offers the best of what you expect from a hazy IPA. But we’re going about it a little differently, and that’s what gives Mind Haze its own unique signature. We’re finally ready to do a hazy IPA the Firestone way.”

88	Bell's Brewery Official Hazy IPA American-Style India Pale Ale (IPA) \| 6.4% ABV \| 50 IBU Offered By: SANTA

Club/Brewer Notes:
Space Camper Cosmic IPA is an exhilarating initiation into a mind-bending alternate universe of India Pale Ales. Our brewers employ massive hop additions at the end of the boil, and during fermentation, to minimize upfront bitterness and create a juicy IPA bursting with tropical fruit flavors and aromas of nectar and citrus.

89	Boulevard Brewing Company Space Camper Cosmic IPA American-Style India Pale Ale (IPA) \| 6.4% ABV \| 50 IBU Offered By: SANTA

90	Sierra Nevada Hop Bullet Double IPA \| 8% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: BRANDY

88	Copper Kettle Brewing Company Sobremesa American-Style Strong Pale Ale \| 8.1% ABV \| 28 IBU Offered By: WESTEXANS

Club/Brewer Notes:
It's a summer afternoon south of the border, and everyone is enjoying the "sobremesa"" kicking back and entertaining each other with good conversation after a meal. This English style pale ale brings that tradition to you, but with a twist. It's aged in tequila barrels with fresh lime zest and agave nectar.

91	Pizza Port Brewing Company KooK DIPA Imperial or Double India Pale Ale (IPA) \| 8.5% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: WESTEXANS

Club/Brewer Notes:
Exuberant tropical fruit aroma leads to juicy grapefruit, pineapple and citrus flavors. This beer is a prime example of a San Diego IPA with pale straw color, restrained malt character, a bone dry finish, and loads of hops from first wort to dry hop. Hops: Chinook dominant, with supporting roles played by Amarillo, El Dorado, CTZ & Hull Melon.

85	Buffalo Bayou Brewing CO Pineapple! Tripel \| 8.8% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: BRANDY

91	Buffalo Bayou Brewing CO More Cowbell Imperial or Double India Pale Ale (IPA) \| 9% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: LARA

91	Brouwerij Van Steenberge de Garre Belgian-Style Tripel \| 11% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: SANTA

Club/Brewer Notes:
This is the house beer for the famous De Garre pub in Brugges, Belgium. Brewed using traditional Belgian triple base with three times the amount of malt allows the brewer to achieve the 11% ABV.

90	Hop Guru Experimental Batch 2019-01 Experimental Beer \| 12.5% ABV \| 40 IBU Offered By: KAY JAY

Club/Brewer Notes:
After a lengthy conversation with another brewer about bananas I thought lets give it a try. Ran short on bananas so I will give it a second try

92	Hop Guru Imperial Stout (2019) American-Style Imperial Stout \| 12.5% ABV \| 40 IBU Offered By: KAY JAY

Club/Brewer Notes:
Imperial Stout

90	Hoppin Frog Brewery T.O.R.I.S The Tyrant Russian Imperial Stout \| 13.8% ABV \| Unknown IBU Offered By: JAM MASTER JAY

Club/Brewer Notes:
Triple Oatmeal Russian Imperial Stout