 Thanks for checking out this episode of brutal battle beer break today. I'm gonna be getting to one of my best and most favorite styles the Imperial IPA this one is called Citra ass down Very clever name by against the grain brewing out of Louisville, Kentucky, and they're brewer owned They say on the can they're very proud of that Citra ass down Obviously, I'm assuming they're gonna be Citra hops in it 8.2 percent alcohol by volume as you can see This is a brewery that always has some interesting fun label art I Actually for the longest time did not know that they did anything in cans so Very interested to see that. I'm a big fan of the pounders I feel like it's kind of the perfect amount for me a lot of times I don't just want 12 ounce. I want a little bit more, but I don't want a whole another beer So perfect also on this they recommend drinking out of the can I want to honor that so I'm just doing a much smaller taster glass this time around so you can see what the coloration is So I'll just get that in there and then when I'm drinking the rest of it I'll drink it from the can as they intended this beer was given to me by my mother-in-law Dawn bowling So thank you very much Dawn. She picked it up when she went on a trip, and I think she actually Stopped into the actual brewery so very cool As you can see very dark orange color Super filtered you can see right through it. No haze whatsoever. Yeah, it looks very clear. Oh Yes, very very Citrus, there's a lot of grapefruit a little bit of a touch of like a lemony aspect on there Tons and tons and tons of citrus very tropical ish It's got a nice kind of caramely backbone to it, too We're a deep rich flavors. I'm sorry aromas Smells awesome. It smells so good. It smells like it's gonna be pretty Kind of sticky almost like you have to chew it hoping for that. I like my imperial IPA is that way? Doesn't really smell like 8.2 percent. You know, I'm not perceiving much alcohol, but let's check it out. Oh Yeah It's got a little bit of that funk That Citra hops have that look some people say kind of like body odor type funk to it Which not in a bad way, obviously It's got a little bit of a hay type finish to it the bitterness is a little it's kind of like medium I was expecting maybe a little bit more bitterness, but I'm happy that there's a little bit less It's pretty clean on the finish. It actually finishes a Lot less viscous than I thought it was going to There's grapefruit flavor on there Little caramely It's like grapefruit peel coming in as well And like I said, there was like a little bit of like the slice touch of like a lemony aspect now I'm kind of getting that Hmm a Little bit of hay though still on the end like I was saying Yeah, this is pretty good the bitterness lingers a little bit more than I'd like But I'm gonna guarantee that's just because this is on the colder side at the moment as this warms up I guarantee that lingering bitterness is kind of gonna die down a little because of the juiciness and Citrus the aspects gonna ramp up, but this is a nice beer. I'm enjoying it. It does taste like the 8.2% I am perceiving a little bit of that alcohol But nice beer and like I said, you know, I'm just gonna drink the rest of this And then I'm gonna drink the rest from the can as against the grain like me to gotta honor it against the grain I'm doing it. Anyway, nice beer. This is actually I believe the first against the grain beer I've ever had so it's a good introduction Thanks everyone for checking this episode out stay tuned for the next episode But in the meantime if there's anything in particular you want to see for these videos or for the podcast Just send us an email at brutal battle podcast at gmail.com and we will certainly see what we can figure out All right, thanks so much and go have yourself an awesome beer