8/5/2023 0 Comments 3 floyds apocalypse cowGoing down the hatch with brisk carbonation you get a cheek pinch of bitter hops, lemon and some faint ethanol burn. Amazing grapefruit and tangerine assault the palate immediately, followed by bread-y sweet malts covering up most of the 11% ABV. But what will that do to an IPA? Enough prologue, let’s taste this bovine!Ī big citrus nose flows out of the frothy headed, amber colored ale. This gives a creamier body in the same way a milk stout is smoothed over. So how about another double IPA in the lineup? Can it compare to the Dreadnaught or other world-class double IPAs? To start, it differs from its sister beer the Dreadnaught primarily by the addition of lactose milk sugar. These beers are consistently superlative. Three Floyds has won Best Brewery in the World from 5 of the past 6 years for good reason. All delicious examples of some of the best hopped beers in the world. Hop forward beers like Gumballhead, Alpha King, Zombie Dust, and another DIPA, Dreadnaught (9.3%ABV / 99 IBUs). A double IPA, Apololypse Cow is one of many hoppy brews from from Munster Indiana’s Three Floyds Brewing Company. Cost is $15 and five 6-oz samples are included in the price.Hoppy 4th of July! For this special holiday review we take sample Three Floyds Apocalypse Cow. Lincoln Ave.) is having a tasting of Victory beers from 4-6 p.m. Just don’t ask him to tap a domestic macrobrew. and drink a couple of great beers in Mike’s honor. Kinnickinnic Ave.) has a rare Sunday opening for the birthday barbecue of owner Mike Romans. 25: Bridgeport comes to Discount Liquor Waukesha from 12-3 p.m. 25: Point Brewery samples at Discount Liquor Milwaukee from 12-2:30 p.m. 24: Point Brewery brings its Oktoberfest, Drop Dead Blonde, and Whole Hog IPA to Discount Liquor Waukesha (919 N. 24: Oregon’s Bridgeport Brewing samples its IPA, Hop Czar IIPA and Kingpin Double Red Ale from 4-7 p.m. 20: The fourth edition of the outstanding Best of Milwaukee Beer Dinner series takes place at Roots (1818 Hubbard St.). Happy birthday to Mike Romans (see below) this week. I’m trying to save it…but I have the will power of a soup spoon, which means the bottle isn’t going to take up shelf space for very long. I brought back a bottle of Nebraska Brewing’s Sexy Betty, which is Black Betty Imperial Stout aged in cognac barrels, from my trip to Omaha last week. The owner of Solemn Oath Brewery (see above) is named John Barley. Keep an eye out for Solemn Oath, my introduction to them couldn’t have been better. The beer was big on citrus but also had a nice hoppy finish. The bartender at Lemming’s (a refreshingly unpretentious spot on Damen in Bucktown) recommended the Snaggletooth Bandana, an American IPA by Solemn Oath, a relatively new brewery in Naperville. I was in Chicago last week hanging out with a friend that was in town from overseas. But it’s too soon to tell where WOB fits in Milwaukee, a town that can claim awesome beer bars like Romans’ Pub, Sugar Maple, Palm Tavern, Stubby’s, Erv’s Mug and more. The place was big, bright and fairly crowded even at 4 p.m. I recommend looking at the cooler marked “New Arrivals,” it was filled with some tasty stuff that wasn’t on the menu including the delicious Three Floyds Apocalypse Cow. The selection was almost overwhelming, and gazing at hundreds of bottles filling the abundant coolers behind the bar was mesmerizing (I was, ahem, hopnotized). She explained to me that the staff goes through extensive training to learn about the 500-plus bottles and 40 taps on hand. When I told my server Gloria that I liked IPAs she quickly rattled off all the varieties they had on tap and explained important differences between some of them. But at the grand opening last Monday it seemed to me like the folks at WOB (for the sake of brevity) have done their homework. I was a little concerned that the chain World of Beer (1300 Brady St.) would miss this important point. An essential element to a good beer bar is a staff that knows its stuff.
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