Wow, just wow. I will drink this again. Anytime.
Category Archives: Would Drink Again
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Alley Kat Full Moon
Stone Stochasticity Project: Grainiac
“A stochastic event or system is one that is unpredictable due to the influence of a random variable.”
This has a shitload of uncommon malts in it. Grouse malted millet? Cararye? I guess that’s the random variable? The hops are pretty standard.
I would describe this as an Imperial pale ale. It’s strong on the malt and the hops. Strong but balanced.
I wound definitely drink this again.
Kitzmann Bergkirchweihbier
This beer is brewed for the Erlanger Bergkirchweih festival every year. Although being described a s a more cozy and smaller version of Munich’s Oktoberfest the Erlanger Bergkirchweih festival still manages to attract more than a million visitors each year. Normally unavailable in Canada it was lovingly transported here by my friend and newly planted German, Shannie Kosman.
It is a deliciously malty and clean marzen beer. It finishes very bright with just enough bitterness to balance the beer out. Iw ould definitely drink this again and hope to some day in Erlangen for the Bergkirchweih.
Brouwerij Verhaeghe Duchesse de Bourgogne
Situation Brewing WTF Raspberry Sour
Situation Brewing Random Acts Pale Ale
Situation Brewing Afternooner Tea Saison
Situation Brewing Gateway Wheat Ale
Murasaki Dragon by Alley Kat Brewing Co.
Dear @alleykatbeer, please never stop making this beer. #yegbeer #drinkagain (via Untappd)
I posted that in all seriousness. I want to support Alley Kat more than I do, but to date the only beer I’ve wanted to pursue was the extremely limited run of Fresh Hop Full Moon Pale Ale. If my appreciation for hops wasn’t apparent to you before, it should be now.
One of my favorite beers from the last few years is Sorachi Ace from Brooklyn Brewery. That beer introduced me to the hop that Alley Kat used in Murasaki Dragon. The biggest difference between these two beers would probably be aggression. Brooklyn brewed a Saison, while Alley Kat produced a double IPA (or DIPA) with somewhere north of 75 IBU. This beer has what most of Alley Kat’s lineup is missing in my opinion, which is some teeth.
This means that in Murasaki Dragon you’ll get all the good stuff you’re looking to find in an IPA. It smells piney and lemony. The colour is gorgeous. And while the hops are obvious when it first hits your palette, you can catch up with some malt in the middle and there is enough fruity sweetness to carry it through to a nice but dry finish.
Alley Kat has this listed as a limited run beer, but I’m willing to start a petition and possibly even chain a close friend to some sort of barrier in protest if they don’t find a way to continue production of this beer. I believe that it stands head and shoulders above any other beer being brewed in Edmonton currently.
After that initial post on Untapped, I made sure I would drink this again. I bought a case of it. Alley Kat, if you keep making it, I’ll keep buying it and drinking it. Again and again.