 Thanks for checking out this episode of brutal battle beer break today. I'm going to be trying an IPA West Coast IPA. It's by Fort George Brewery in public house, and they're out of Astoria, Oregon Yes, people in the know know that a lot of the movie the Goonies was shot in Astoria But if you didn't know that then now you do and knowing it's half the battle anyway So this IPA is called vortex IPA 7.7% alcohol by volume and Hopefully it's good Mm-hmm It's pouring like an IPA Very orange dark orange coloration to it almost a little reddish hue going on in there Nice big white head. Oh Very bright on the nose. It's almost got a little it's got like a Citra IPA note to it a Little bit of you know as people say kind of smells a little bit like body odor on there But it's a lot of citrus with some nice caramel-y aspects Almost a little bit of like a vanilla twinge in there as well Which is kind of interesting, but a lot of that kind of Citra-E type smell. I Don't even know if Citra's in it, but it smells kind of like the Citra hot profile Yeah, it smells good funky BO smell, but in the best way possible. Oh That's pretty good a lot of caramel-y aspect in there actually And I do actually perceive just a little bit of that kind of like vanilla-y aspect But we're I get that kind of funky BO ish Aspect that is kind of Citra-E in here Which is not a bad thing. It sounds weird to say that but it's not a bad thing. It tastes good Hmm a Lot more of a malt backbone Now I was expecting from the nose, but it's very pleasant. It's super pleasant with this beer This is nice. This is a nice sipping beer. I'm getting a decent amount of citrus I get no pine, but I get those kind of caramel-y notes that vanilla-y note and a lot of that kind of like BOE Funk from like a Citra-style hop, but It smells good tastes even better mmm For George, I think you know what you're doing and I'd like to get my hands on some more of these beers In fact, the way I got a hold of this was from Emily Bowling who lives out in Corvallis, Oregon So thank you very much Emily Always very appreciative when you can get me some killer West Coast IPA's and this is no exception Anyway, oh, oh, actually, let me read this There aren't even any Citra in here, but they go together to make that kind of a flavor note Amarillo Simcoe and Centennial how the Simcoe like that kind of spice aspect of the Simcoe coming through Okay, that's where that kind of funky BOE thing is But anyway, thank you everyone for checking this out. Go have yourself an awesome beer