Northbound Smokehouse Brewpub Four Stitches Pale Ale. Apparently, somebody had to get four stitches. Boo hoo. It's an all-Centennial hop pale ale, 5.7% ABV, 40 IBU. (Further information: the name alludes to an injury sustained due to a broken carboy during a homebrew test-batch. This beer was intended to be the year-round pale ale, until a shortage of Centennials forced Jamie to look for other hops, and Light Rail Pale Ale was born.)
Clear, and copper-colored, with a thinnish white head.
Aroma: bright and lively, piney, citrusy, all the good things you get from Centennials.
Tasting it: More of the same flavors from the aroma, now at home in the mouth. Bittersweet flavors dominate, moderate malt body balances it out. Hop bitterness hits
hard at first, then lays low, leaving the malt to take over. It comes back, but briefly, with each new sip and swallow. Very easy drinking, very delightful. It's good beer and you can drink it. This is just plain ol' delicious.
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