 CaptBier (234), Birmingham, Alabama, USA
May 1, 2008
Bottle conditioned. Pours rich copper with thick white head. Heavy sediment but little lacing. Nice sweet floral aroma. Sweet yet strong hop flavor with very little malt. Nice crisp, clean finish. A great IPA. So great we had to have two.
Papsoe (9774), Frederiksberg, Denmark
Apr 23, 2006 (On tap) Memphis. Slightly hazy pilsener golden with a small, creamy, off-white head. Vaguely hoppy nose. Light-bodied dominated by the pilsener malt. Marked, hoppy finish from the Saazer. 280306
arjoseph (514), Marshall, Wisconsin, USA
Apr 20, 2006 On tap into pint, Nashville brewpub. I might be a local loyalist. It seems I see more in Boscos beers than other raters. Maybe it’s that Boscos doesn’t benefit from hype; if Boscos were Kuhnhenn, maybe they’d get some cred (not that Kuhnhenn doesn’t deserve their hype; I’m a groupie of theirs, too). As it is, I think Boscos is underrated (at least beers from this Nashville location; I don’t know about the others). HopGoddess is a wonderful beer. Hazy dark yellow in the glass like a wheat beer with a foamy white head that is very durable and diminishes only after about half an hour. Lacing, however, is thin, sudsy and reluctant, and racing is meager, patchy and quick. Spicy sweet and salty aroma; mostly like cinnamon Altoids, but also subtly flowery and reminiscent of soup crackers. Prickly carbonation, fatty malts and a late malted milky sweetness. The prickliness of the carbonation accentuates the full hop flavor of the Goddess. They must pour tons of Saaz in this; I’ve never thought of noble hops as bitter, but this takes them to that level. The hops open up on the finish be be somewhat apple-ish in flavor, powdered-sugar sweet, and yet very dry and earthy. The earthy sawdust and peppery notes waft up to the top and back of the mouth after the swallow, seeming to float above the tounge and affect the whole inner mouth. The beer is expansive in its simplicity, yet not boring and one-dimensional. The brewer(s) here really know how to create a finish.
StewardofGondor (1934), Washington Heights - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Mar 15, 2006 Nashville. Translucent, muted and paling yellow in color with a concrete ice sheet that’s been showed on. Subtle hop cleanliness promulgates buttery croissants in the aromatic portion. Some standing laundry water and wet dog turn it slightly south. Touch of herbaceous flavor is highlighted by green grassy hop bitters. A little creamy, a little dry and clean on the palate. Comes off as a pilsner first and foremost, driving home herbal bread heels and thyme in the end.
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