Iron Hill HoneyDoWit

I didn't know anything about this beer, until a box showed up on my living room floor this Tuesday. A gift from Mr. John S. "Woody" Chandler, without a note or an explanation. I've heard of the brewery, but had no read on their reputation. Put it in the fridge for a few hours, and went at it. Here are the results.


Iron Hill HoneyDoWit Beer. Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, Handcrafted Ales & Lagers, Wilmington, Delaware, 750 ml bottle. (I'm guessing Woody got it at the Lancaster location.)

Slimmed & soon-gone head, dar amber, heavily hazed hue.

Aroma: must be honey with a name like that, and there it is in the nose. Quite sweet. Honey and alcohol. Light spice, fruit.

Taste: sweet, fruit, honey, there it all is. Wheat flavor/texture/mouthfeel is here, good and smooth. Flavor is there, but nothing more than what I've already said. There's honey, there's…fruit, it's tasty, and easy-drinking, except that feels slightly strong. Wonder how strong? Good question, as the alcohol increasingly becomes a part of the taste. (Looking it up on BeerAdvocate, it's a whopping 9.5%!)

Tasty and refreshing….-ish. Good stuff, but not quite good enough. Doesn't quite cut it. Lacks a certain spark that would make it sing.

Many thanks, Woody.