Dave's BrewFarm Eye Pea Eh?

Farmer Dave's …I mean, Dave's BrewFarm Eye Pea Eh? 8% ABV, "Farmer D finally did it! He brewed his first "IPA." But, with the usual BrewFarm twists. Pils, Caramel 120, and Rye malts, German Tettnang, and French Strisselspalt hopswith pureed pineapple, brown sugar, and curry powder. Fermented with a Thames Valley yeast. Enjoy your journey to Indonesia."

What the--??? who? how? why? Okay, here we go, and away…

Dark crimson coloring, clear at the bottom, small white head, quickly receding to a tight ring, with floating islands of foaminess. Mmm, hmm.

Aroma: more malty and sweet than anything. Farmer Dave is a sadistically sarcastic man when it comes to styles and names. He'll never admit when he makes anything close to an IPA, and when he does proclaim such a thing, you get the rug pulled out from under your feet. There are jokes upon jokes up there, in that description, and the last thing that this Indonesia Pale Ale (that's not pale) should deliver is what we expect from an India Pale Ale.

Continuing…

yep, sweetness and malt, brown sugar and curry (pineapple???), minor hops at most. Very likable, this blend of curry and brown sugar, exotic and inviting.

Taste: Wow. Somthin' else, man. Medium bodied, medium finish, stays just long enough on the palate, to tempt you into having more. Caramel malt is foremost in the flavor, with the spice and the brown sugar making that magic mix in the mouth. I can't say I can taste the pineapple, but there's some sweet underneath. And, again, whatever the hops are up to is, it's very minor. Very light. If you expected an "IPA" from this "Eye Pea Eh?", you got punk'd by Farmer Dave.

This actually gets yummier and yummier as we go further in, and maybe we can credit/blame the alcohol with/on that. Or is just the feeling of well-being and comfort I'm enjoying? Probably. The deliciousness is an empirically decidedly real and true thing. This is one swingtop liter of Wisconsin farmhouse brew that is going down fast, easy, and fun.