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Surly Furious

Surly Furious

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An India Pale Ale (IPA) brewed by
Surly Brewing Company

Brooklyn Center, Minnesota USA

bottled
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4143.94/5.03.93/5.06.2%99Shaker, Tulip P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Like Hops? You'll like this fire-hued beer. This is the beer I have always dreamed of making. This is the beer that would come to mind while spending the last two years tearing down walls, hanging sheetrock, moving kegs, power washing the ceilings, arguing with various agencies, and cutting the water main. Without Golden Promise malt, made by family-owned Simpsons Malt, Furious would just be pissed offed. From Scotland, this malt is still produced in the tradition of turning over the barley by hand, resulting in a malt that is unsurpassed in its quality. Golden Promise is also used extensively by premium whisky distilleries such as The Macallan. This malt provides the backbone for the intense hop character. Four American hop varieties are used at a rate of over three pounds per barrel. The result is a rich malt sweetness infused with bright hop flavor and aroma from beginning to end. Oh yeah, it's about 6% alcohol and around 100 IBUs.

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 yespr (6889), Copenhagen O, Denmark
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/517/20

Jun 30, 2007  
Sample from tap at the brewery. Pours hazzlenut brown with an off-white head. Aroma is a great blend between floral hops and a clear grapefruit note. Flavour is grape fruity with solid hops bittertwist. Strong bitterness into the finish. Very very well made.

 ChristianScheffel (2216), Odense, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Oct 10, 2008  
Cloudy amber with a lasting white head leaving some lace. Strong hoppy aroma with peach, apricot and a little pine. Sweetish malty, with some peach hop flavour, lots of bitterness and a delicious juicy drinkability.


 golubj (1033), Redwood City, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/513/20
Oct 10, 2008  
Can, thanks to kosko20. Reddish amber pour with some off-white head. Some biscuity malt and resiny hops, some citrus also. Flavor is the same, a little sweet but mostly citrusy and earthy hops. It is a little strange though, something in the aftertaste is real biscuity and when it mixes with the citrus hops it doesn’t taste very good.


 DA (2473), Portland, Oregon City, Oregon, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Oct 6, 2008  
Very dark amber with a soft off-white head. Big piney hop nose. Bitter right off the bat, spicy and hoppy throughout. Palate is run with carbonation, hops giving a resiny and oily quality. Defiantly bitter, unrelenting, and sharp, but if you take balance out of it, still enjoyable.


 fonefan (4871), Ulfborg, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Oct 2, 2008  
Can 50cl. @ chris_o’s Pre-GBBF Shindig 2008.
Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate hoppy, pine, grass, grapefruit. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (020808)


Two_Dudes (25), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/510/104/519/20
Oct 1, 2008  
Quite simply the best American IPA I have ever had. The one thing that stands out is what I can only describe as "juicy" hops. Maybe it was the exquisite balance of the beer, with the malt adding some sweetness, but it almost seemed like I was biting into a fresh apricot, or one of the other citrus fruits that came out. Absolutely remarkable. Two Hearted, Alpha King...Sorry. Your reign is over. Long live Furious!!!!



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