Ölbeat 287: BrewDog Elvis Juice

Brewery: BrewDog
Country: Scotland
Style: India Pale Ale
Abv: 6,5 %
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What about the beer?

Colour is clear orange with a two-finger thick white head. Aroma has fresh grapefruit, orange and pineapple. Taste begins with gently bitter grapefruit. Fresh grapefruit-lemon juice takes over with hints of sweet fruits. Towards the end sweet orange and bitter peel are added to the taste. Aftertaste has bitter grapefruit, sour lemon and salty-fruity dryness.

Grapefruit-orange-packed India Pale Ale. Completely fruit-dominated brew with very gentle bitterness. Craving a little more. Probably the name will change soon, so I'll get it then. But this tastes good and fresh, anyway.

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The name of the brew got BrewDog in a legal battle with Elvis Presley's estate, and in July 2017 they lost it: BrewDog is forced to change the beer's name. Because I don't want to link the beer in any way to the King, he will not get his first song here. Instead, I picked this classic tribute to him.

Dire Straits: Calling Elvis (Vimeo)

From the 1991 album On Every Street, the song was written by Mark Knopfler.

Ölbeat 055: Ruosniemen Diplomi-insinööri

Brewery: Ruosniemen Panimo
Country: Finland
Style: Imperial IPA
Abv: 8 %
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Graduate engineer - stronger than the ordinary

What about the beer?
Colour is deep dark orange with big fluffy natural white head. Aroma has orange, lemon and malts. Taste bites first with heavy bitter hops and dry pine. Then sour grapefruit juice fills the mouth, and rough pine shows slowly up. Piny dryness and stinging bitterness just grow towards the end. Aftertaste is extremely dry and bitter.

That is one tasty and rough Double IPA. Heaviness of both hops and citrus feels balanced although the ride is fast and furious. The finish sandpapers the mouth with dryness. Very powerful brew.

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The song was chosen half by the name of the beer and half or its rocky roughness. Since this was a heavyweight brew, it's good for any craftbeer drinker's engine:

Dire Straits: Heavy Fuel (YouTube)

From the 1991 album On Every Street, the song was written by Mark Knopfler.

Ölbeat 054: Sori Investor IPA

Brewery: Sori Brewing
Country: Estonia
Style: India Pale Ale
Abv: 6,9 %
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Would you invest in this brew?

What about the beer?
Colour is cloudy dark orange with finger-thick natural white head. Aroma has orange, lemon and pineapple. Taste begins with bitter hops and grapefruit. Fresh grapefruit takes over, with a slice of sweet pineapple on the side. When the beer warms up a bit the grapefruit is replaced by heavy lemon-orange flavour. Before the finish mouth gets hit with dry pine and sour grapefruit. Aftertaste is dry and very bitter.

Fresh tasting fruity IPA, where bitterness strikes strongest in the end. The way the flavours evolve when the beer warms up a bit, makes the aroma and the taste fit together well. The brew was named to honour the crowdfunders which helped the brewery to start. That was money well invested.

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Since the beer is rocking fresh, it yells for guitars and classic rock. Because it has been brewed out of respect to the crowdfunders, this legendary tune caught my ear (even though they didn't get the money for nothing):

Dire Straits: Money For Nothing (YouTube)

From the 1985 album Brothers in Arms, the song was written by Mark Knopfler (except the backing vocal line "I want my MTV" by Sting).