Heaven is very dry...
Music rippled through the air as four music bears, one beer commentator, and a snail (literally) enjoyed the evening air, delicious food with friends, and sampled Utonian? Utahite? Utahn beer.
(This is just going to be a quick run-through from my note book because I'm behind in my posting and time is running on. So, to start...)

"Red as Hell", left
Next was the Wasatch's "The Devastator" Double Bock Lager. It had a slight sour flavor, but retained a strong build. Although it was smooth, I was personally not a fan, wishing to myself that it had stronger sour tones, if it was planing on being sour at all, by adding some sauerkraut. Ambear loves sauerkraut...
Anyway, on to another Squatter's, the Hop Rising Double IPA. We found this IPA to be full bodied yet reserve a gentle balance within it's hoppy and bitter characteristics which was then lightly topped by citrus esters. It still had the usual hop-centric vibe that one would expect from a Double IPA, "very hoppy" but "absurdly sweet for an IPA" my IPA guru-bear commented, which we figure accounted for the IPA to maintain a decent level of drinkability. I would recommend this beer, especially if your one of those hop junkie beerophiles.
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Home-grown Sampler Set |
So, what happened next was that, after going one round with Squatter's Double IPA, we foolishly moved onto their regular IPA. There were no more citrus notes, and I felt this let the hops move in and take advantage of my tongue. Bipolar Bear says, "I like it".
Then we had Squatter's Big Cottonwood, Amber Ale. Now, despite our similar naming, Ambear does not enjoy Amber Ales... so instead of expressing my dislike for Amber's, I'll just say that for me it seems that all Amber Ales are the same Amber Ale. And they all taste bad...
Next! The Wasatch White Label Belgian Style. The note are silly, but I'll just say really quick before getting into those that White beers are an odd breed which I have minimal experience but they always
seem clean but a bit bland... now my notes. Clean? Interesting, strange smell and taste... capers again? artichoke? What's going on?!

The most surprising thing we found in Salt Lake, right
And so our wonderful visit ended, as did our great American excursion. After this we left Abbear's lovely apartment in Utah and booked it back to wonderful, green Oregon. The bears had taken captives from Missouri and we went to find asylum in the most beautiful place in the world, the Willamette Valley. The End... sort of.
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God descending on Utahn Mountains next to our car... |
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