I decided to celebrate this hop day that I picked up while out visiting my Mother-in-Law and my wife’s home town. Although I didn’t pick up anything local this time, I picked up something from a brewery I haven’t tried yet - O’so Brewing Co. (
www.osobrewing.com) in Plover, WI - not far from the Point and Central Waters breweries.
I picked up their Hopdinger. The bottle advertises it as “Pungent - Hoppy - Crisp - Floral - Bitter - Piney - Resinous - Engaging.” It pours a thick tan head that looks like a butterscotch shake from the top. It has a nice, translucent, light reddish-orange color and it smells like peeling an orange in a pine forest after a rain. I have to admit - I love the way it smells! The taste is a nice balance of hops and malt, producing a flavor that reminded me of eating a fresh buttermilk biscuit with orange marmalade that’s just a little bitter from having a touch too much rind. The flavor shifts to something a bit piney in the aftertaste. Start to finish, it’s really good.
I decided to celebrate this hop day that I picked up while out visiting my Mother-in-Law and my wife’s home town. Although I didn’t pick up anything local this time, I picked up something from a brewery I haven’t tried yet - O’so Brewing Co. (www.osobrewing.com) in Plover, WI - not far from the Point and Central Waters breweries.
I picked up their Hopdinger. The bottle advertises it as “Pungent - Hoppy - Crisp - Floral - Bitter - Piney - Resinous - Engaging.” It pours a thick tan head that looks like a butterscotch shake from the top. It has a nice, translucent, light reddish-orange color and it smells like peeling an orange in a pine forest after a rain. I have to admit - I love the way it smells! The taste is a nice balance of hops and malt, producing a flavor that reminded me of eating a fresh buttermilk biscuit with orange marmalade that’s just a little bitter from having a touch too much rind. The flavor shifts to something a bit piney in the aftertaste. Start to finish, it’s really good.
