 Thanks for checking out this episode of brutal battle beer break today. I'm going to be trying a Beer by one of my favorite breweries from the West Coast Firestone Walker. They're out of Paso Robles, California The beer we have here is on the lighter side. It is a saison or a farmhouse ale as people like to say as well It is called opal there you go opal, but not only is it a saison, but it's a dry hopped saison So it should have a little bit of like a hoppiness although unfortunately this one was Bottle back in the end of August so those hops may have died down a little bit That's kind of what happens people usually say with hoppier things You want to drink it within 90 days to get that like real hot presence. Otherwise after that starts really declining This is 7.5% alcohol by volume. So give it a try I don't by the way like this Ordeal right here where they have like This crap like what's the point? There's no point in that. It's just wasted stuff. Anyway It's probably because this is one of their proprietors reserve series So they want to make it look extra cool and interesting and oh, it's so special Oh, that's a lot of carbonation coming out there Okay Pour this sucker I was a lot of carbonation on this Man, there's a big big head right there. See there's tons of big bubbles I'm sure you can see them tons of big bubbles and they're just flying up from the bottom cheese Very, you know light yellow see-through looks like urine kind of Hopefully doesn't smell or taste like urine It's got a very, you know, weedy Cezanne smell to it. Look at this as I'm swirling it. It's just the heads getting massive I have a feeling it's gonna kind of taste too carbonated, but I'm hoping not It just smells so Cezanne and yeasty and Weedy I'm not really getting I'm getting some hoppage, but not a ton. So maybe I was right. It's really has died down. Oh God the carbonation is kind of out of control I'm Definitely getting a lot of that weedy Cezanne flavor to it not getting a whole lot of hops Hmm it's solid Good enough the carbonation though. I mean I can taste what the flavors are supposed to be You know, it's very Cezanne. I bet when it was fresher those dry hopped Elements were probably more juicy and interesting in the beer But that's not there My problem is the carbonation the carbonation is too much too much too much This is one that's probably gonna make you burp a lot when you're drinking it, but I Don't know something must have happened while it was going. I guess it maybe kept fermenting a little bit in the bottle I'm not sure what what really occurred, but too much carbonation Sorry first no Walker. Typically. I love your beers Starting to get a little bit of an alcohol burn as well as it's kind of sitting So the alcohol tastes a little bit out of kilter as well But anyway, it I wouldn't recommend this beer for this reason just because of that carbonation issue I'm sure if it wasn't overly carbonated it would be tasting significantly better. Sorry first no Walker Got a gun issue. Anyway, thanks for checking this out If there are any beers you want to see me try on on this or on a regular podcast You can send me suggestions at brutal battle podcast at gmail.com Look forward to some correspondence from people and thank you so much. Go get yourself a beer