Karl Strauss Heavy Pettie

Brewed by Karl Strauss Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
San Diego, California USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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Clear yellow with a fizzy white head. Pine grass and vegetal hoppy aroma and taste and resiny as hell with a perfumey hops finish.

Taster at Sorento mesa: Light amber color with a small eggshell white head. Tropical fruit aroma. Flavor is tropical fruit sweet followed by citrus and a light dry grapefruit bitter finish. Medium body has moderate carbonation.

Managed to get it in a tulip for the same price as a pint (no deal). Beer is fairly cold & colder than I’d like. That said, decent brew. Served with a good, foamy, frothy, light tan head, that soon subsided and some fine lacing. Color is a clear apricot amber. Aroma is hop, malt, caramel, fruit, resin. Flavor’s very similar to nose with an interesting quasi-dry/roast quality that really adds to the drinkability. Body & carbonation are good. Finish is like flavor and has an extended duration.