Because Why Make a Beer When You Can Create a Fruit Salad With Hops?
In the ever-evolving circus of craft beer, where brewers juggle hops and flip traditional recipes on their heads, a new act has taken center stage: "Juice Gymnastics," a Double Dry Hopped Double IPA that's the love child of a three-way brewery collaboration between Cellarmaker Brewing Company, Other Half Brewing Co., and Trillium Brewing Company. This isn't just a beer; it's an acrobatic feat of brewing, where hops do the splits and barley walks the tightrope, all under the big top of a can.
First off, let's address the elephant in the room—or in this case, the three elephants holding hands and doing a delicate balancing act. When Cellarmaker, Other Half, and Trillium get together, it's less like a collaboration and more like the Avengers assembling, if the Avengers were less about saving the world and more about seeing how many hops they can cram into a single beer without it spontaneously combusting.
Diving into "Juice Gymnastics," one is immediately struck by the realization that this beer might just contain more fruit than the produce section of your local grocery store. The first sip is akin to biting into a hop-infused mango, pineapple, and passionfruit salad, with a generous dressing of alcohol. It's as if the brewers set out to answer the question, "Can we make a beer that doubles as breakfast?" Spoiler alert: Yes, yes, they can.
For those not in the know, double dry hopping is the process of adding even more hops to a beer post-fermentation for that extra kick of aroma and bitterness. It's like saying, "This beer is good, but what if it was more?" "Juice Gymnastics" takes this concept and sprints with it, leaping over the hurdles of common sense and taste bud tolerance.
One of the most pressing questions that "Juice Gymnastics" poses is whether it's still a beer or has transcended into a new beverage category altogether. With its murky appearance and fruity demeanor, it blurs the lines between IPA and smoothie, making you wonder if you should be drinking it or spooning it into a bowl and adding granola.
In conclusion, "Juice Gymnastics" is more than just a beer; it's a performance, a spectacle of hops and fruit that defies gravity and expectations. It's for those who like their IPAs as complex as a Cirque du Soleil show and as subtle as a fruit bomb to the face. So, here's to Cellarmaker, Other Half, and Trillium, who looked at the beer world and thought, "Let's turn this up to eleven and see what happens."
So grab a can, pour it out, and raise a glass to the brewers who dare to dream, dare to experiment, and dare to make us all part of their juice-fueled gymnastics routine. Cheers, or as the aficionados of this fruity spectacle might say, "To the next act!"
Cheers you, silly Bastards!
