I saw the coffee stout on sale briefly, but never picked it up. Now, a new one is out with another sexual innuendo (Bad Axe = Bad Ass. Big Wood = giant phallus? Get it? GET IT?)
Well, I finally bought a 4-pack of "pounders", as they call them. Look, we can let PBR have "pounder", it's a beer meant for pounding. "Tallboy" is a fairly neutral phrase, and there's nothing wrong with saying pint can or 16 ounce. When you're canning a nearly 10% ABV Imperial IPA, why suggest that it's meant to be pounded?
Off my soapbox. Here are the notes:
Big Wood Brewery Craft Brewed Bad Axe Imperial IPA, Big Wood Breweery, White Bear Lake, MN. ""Pounder"(rather than tallboy? 'pounder' is a term-used by PBR, and it disgusts me to see it used for a "Craft brewed imperial IPA.") 1 pint, 9.8% Alc./Vol.
Also: "Aggressively hoppy, smooth finish." And, in addition: "Best enjoyed
There's more verbiage on the back of the can, but I've decided to scan the 4-pack label and let you read it for yourself. Let's just get into this:
Clear, amber look, large and lacy head, plenty puffy, snowy white. Very promising
appearance.
Aroma: Potent pine and bristling citrus. Bold flavor, big, bright hoppiness, non-stop delivery of bright, juicy hops. Medium bodied. Easy consummation. Lively stuff. The more I drink this, the more I like it. Tasty, despite the high alcohol creeping up.
This isn't among the loftiest and more rarified of imperial IPAs, it's missing something there, …but it reminds me of them, certainly. It's a few dollars less than a 4-pack of Abrasive, but it's not quite Abrasive, either. They can't all be.
2 comments:
It is 16 ounces, there are 16 ounces in a pound, ergo, one could call any 16 ounce container a pound-er if they chose. Not sure it was meant to imply chugging it. Certainly, chugging a 10% ABV IIPA would be a bad idea.
You know, that never occurred to me. I've only seen the word used in connection with PBR.
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