Our Tastes-- Moody Tongue Peeled Grapefruit Pilsner

PGP is my first venture into Moody Tongue. Check that, Caramelized Chocolate Churro Baltic Porter was truly a wonder on a taster I recently had. But no mention of this brew on their direct site. (I do however like their "French-esque" themed t-shirts that say "Let your tongue decide"). PGP pours a clear light straw with flattening head. Aroma has a touch of fruity sourness to it but only as an afterthought. Oddly, the sour tartness that rides across the palate is refreshing and makes the desire for another 4.5% cleansing only more profound. I will say this, as a soon-to-be Siebel grad, I like the company I'm in with regards to the brewmaster. Then again, I've brewed with Red.

Our Tastes-- Cool Breeze

A Sweetwater offering in the summer seasonal that will gateway me into next month's challenge of as many saisons as possible. I find my palate and senses do best when I fully immerse myself in one particular style to learn most about what it actually is and what I hope to one day brew. Cool Breeze, (not related to the lanky guy I went to junior high school with) is a cucumber saison that pours a bright two-finger thick white head and slightly off haze straw. The nose to me is bland at best but the taste is so convincing that I broke out the fresh "cukes" from my mom's garden just picked this past Tuesday and paired the beer with it to absolute amazement. It's as though it was aged on a sh'ton of fresh cucumbers. This is SW's first venture into canned saisons and cukes, so a 2 in 1. I would buy a 6er of this but "just like Jim" it's only available in a seasonal pack awaiting it's full public approval for a full wave ride into the regular rotation. 4.9%, get one.

Our Tastes-- Gateway Köslch

Keepin' it light. I think I had this on my 3rd year anniversary trip to Savannah, or was it 2011 St. Paddy's in Asheville? Either way, this is a refresher. As I look more and more into this particular style I've noticed there aren't a lot of examples. Which encourages me even more with my perfection of Jake's Juice. Pouring a wonderful white froth over an über clear straw 5.3% liquid makes this a keeper. Not sure I would take it over Boulevard's kölsch but I'll put them head-to-head soon enough.

Our Tastes-- A Little Sumpin' Sumpin' ale

A Lagunitas lovely hoppy pale wheat coming in at 7.5%, so good I had to have it again. Pours a slightly hazed, thickly white headed, softly citrus nosed fully quaffable imbibement! I've had this one several times and admittedly this 6 pack flew through my pint glass. Could this be the first attempt at a hazy IPA from 2009?

Our Tastes-- Very Hazy

A DIPA from Treehouse, and currently unlisted on their website. I can only assume it's a kicked up version of Haze. The photo says it all. This style of beer is why I am currently attending Seibel. A new style of IPA that's gaining ground quickly. I haven't been this fond of a beer style since 2010 when Dark IPAs debuted in the BJCP categories as Deschutes Cascadian IPA was the first of it's kind I had. This falls into the 2015 version of Specialty IPA and in common circles has the denotation of NEIPA (New England-style IPA). The tropical aroma is only matched by the pineapple, orange, papaya that grabs a handful of the tongue. I can only imagine wheat and Citra play a big role in this beer, and the smoothness of the 8.6%abv rivals that of Pliny, but on the diaphanous spectrum we're all used to. Thank you Andy, thank you Treehouse for the non-retail distribution of "Tropical earthquake"

Our Tastes-- Flying Coffin IPA

Flying Coffin is an unfiltered IPA offering from a buddy at my local PnPs via Props Brewery in Ft. Walton, FL. Color is a fantastic brown copper, the head as you can see below pours that of a marshmallow froth, out of the CAN no less! Nose is somewhat absent. And though it states brewed with Chinook and I get a hint of the pine, the rest of the taste seems a little off. Not sure what they're dry-hopping with but the taste is more floral than anything else. I wish there was a packaging date but alas none. I truly dig the B-24 Liberator bomber, it was the B-25 predecessor. Many of the links don't work on their website, but it looks as though they have a hand in the Wahoos (Go Biscuits) baseball team which is always good, with their Blue Wahoos blonde. I like it, but don't' yet love it. Will pick up more to compare soon.

Light Beer Commitment

I have rarely had the inclement to try nothing but "lighter" beers but I feel like I should broaden the ole palate a but more than it is since attending Siebel. So I've committed to having as many kolsch, wits, wheats and blondes as I can for the remainder of my Siebel time through July 30th. I'm not saying I won't dip into the darker brews every now and then, but I definitely want to make it a point to try more since I'm looking to perfect JJs and better develop Smokin' Session and any NEIPA I attempt.