 Thanks for checking out this episode of brutal battle beer break today. I'm gonna be doing something. I love quite a bit It's a double IPA or Imperial IPA Double dry hopped as well And this is by another brewery that I've not talked about before pretty local called South County Brewing and Excuse me. They're out of fawn Grove, Pennsylvania This is a 7% alcohol double IPA and It's actually I just noticed I don't notice this with many cans, but it's got that shrink wrap Label on it, which I've heard is very economical at this point Especially for breweries and want to do small runs of things and kind of figure out what they want to do long run But a pretty nice Label there looks very peaceful very woodsy called liminal moment And I actually looked up what liminal means and liminal is basically like something in the middle. It's transitional So I don't know if that's a comment about where they are right now as a brewery Like this is a transitional moment like when they're about to break from being really small to you know being bigger Or it has to do with this beer, you know, maybe this beer is a liminal Point where it's transitioning between, you know, I Don't know. I don't know where I was going with that But maybe it has to do with the beer with the flavors and how they come together But anyway, I'm more interested in just trying this beer So liminal moment double IPA double dry hopped double IPA Definitely up my alley Well, it looks like a double IPA as I poured it's very very orange Relatively clear. It's got some some decent sized bubbles coming off the bottom decent head to it Oh very very citrusy Orangey a lot of orange to it orange peel orange fruit There's a bit of a caramely note coming through at the end just right under all that orange, but it's a lot of citrus Right up front and that's that's a nice citrus Little bit of like a candied smarties type note like a sugary Citric candy Mmm Smells really good. It smells really good. It doesn't smell too resinous though I mean, I guess 7% it's on the lower side for like an imperial style But um, it doesn't smell like it's going to be super thick A little thicker than I thought it would be um It's tasty the the citrus notes are dialed back quite a bit from what I was expecting There's a little bit of a piney quality on there I'm definitely getting those caramely aspects that I was talking about Citrus is still there a lot of bitterness that makes it kind of like an orange peel Decent bitterness on the end which continues to build a little bit This is I I mean I guess it could be kind of like a liminal moment in the sense that it's bringing The citrus notes and the pine notes together with nice like caramely Malt backbone at the same time. So it's kind of like It's in that transitional period where it's not flying to the pine. It's not flying over to the citrus It's not flying over to like malt sweetness. It is kind of like in the middle It's mixing everything almost on the same level um It's a good beer. I'm not a massively huge fan And um, I've heard really good things about this. So I'm glad that people really like it I do like it. I don't love it, you know, and I'm actually as I keep drinking I'm getting more perception of the alcohol This is tasting a little bit more to me like an 8% as opposed to like a 7% It's kind of burning the tad bit But solid beer definitely a beer that I would drink and could drink and We'll drink right now but um Oh, I meant to say I will say for this episode and the last episode, please apply it to that The one with the manor hill brewing grissette Big thank you and shout out to Shane McCarthy and Ross Miller from Ronnie's beverage warehouse They provided me with both of the beers and they were very gracious to do so because I just like trying new beers So anyway, um south county. I've heard a lot of great stuff about you. This is a solid Double IPA. So thank you for doing that. I can't wait to see where you guys go because I know you're relatively new So I want to come up there and I want to check out your stuff pretty soon Because like I said heard really good things we're gonna make it up to fawn grove Pennsylvania is not far for me. Anyway, thanks everyone for checking this out and check out all the other episodes, please And if you have suggestions just send it into brutal battle podcast at gmail.com. I'll shout out your name or whatever Anyway, thank you everyone. Go have an awesome beer