The Following is my review for the unfortunately and/or awesoomely named Boogoop. This is the 4th in their series of "-goop" collaborative beers, and the one in particular I was most interested in trying.
Mikkeller and Three Floyds
Boogoop
Buckwheat Barleywine
10.4% abv
*full disclosure* I, Hopscura, being a resident of southern California, haven’t had access to Three Floyds beers in the past. I’m well aware of their reputation of oneof the best and most well known craft breweries in the country. This collab is the first I’ll taste of theirs. I realize a collaborative brew isn’t necessarily the best introduction to a single brewery, but this is all I’ve got. As for the other guy, well . . . Lets just say Once you go Black, you never want another fucking stout again. I know thats not totally true, even for me, but I digress.
Finger of tanish head over a deep, cloudy caramel. Resembles a very heavy DIPA. Nose of some strong hops kinda surprised me a bit. Haven’t really read much about this one goin into it. Glad I decided to go with it relatively fresh. Very wheaty in the nose as well, lots of sweetness. The best way I could describe it would be akin to candied soba. Kinda strange, even as I type this, I cant quite believe it. Front of the tongue, nice bite of pine/rind hoppyness, (reminds me a bit of when you first open a fresh bag of hops. I love that, and love it more when it translates so nicely into a beer). Beautifully sharp and pretty fresh. This melds into that soba-sweetness, and finishes with wheat undertones and a little alcohol burn. They couldve easily said this was a Dipa and I would’ve believed them, but also wondered what the hell all that soba taste was doing in there.
Buckwheatwine it is!
I really dig this. Its beautiful fresh, and would recommend consuming it soon. However, if I could afford more, I’d age one just to see where it goes. I’m talking at least 2-3 years or something. I feel like the massive amount of hops almost takes away from the rather interesting soba profile going on in the depths here. Dangerous, because its over 10% and I could easily knock back the whole bottle before I know it. Doesnt drink like the sipper I was expecting. Mouthfeel is that of creamy Dipa. I was about to say it makes me think of an imperial Hef, but I realized thats basically what this is. A pleasant, easy drinking, very interesting beer from everyones favorite Danish Gypsy (oh, and those other guys . . .)
- 88.66/100
Pairing!:
This is Gotsu Totsu Kotsu, a Samurai Metal band (and named after an actual Samurai). Don't know what Samurai metal sounds like? Its apparently got the occasional farty-bass, DM cookie-monster-on-adderall vocals, and the desire to kill you. Seriously, I think these guys might want me dead, and i kinda like it. I probably wouldn't be able to understand the lyrics even if I spoke Japanese, but I'll just assume its about epic battles and decapitating the listener or some shit.
