 Thanks for checking out brutal battle beer break today's episode. I'm going to be checking out a beer by block 15 brewing which is out of Corvallis, Oregon And the beer I have today is called sticky hands. It's an Imperial IPA now This is a beer that they release different variations of a lot and they don't actually bottle all that much They're a very small brewery. I believe they're one of what's called like a neighborhood brewery They don't serve like a very large section of Oregon I was able to get this because my mother-in-law Don Bowling. Thank you very much Don Was my beer mule. She went out and visited Oregon and she brought this back for me by request. I had a version of this beer as my 1,000th beer I've ever had. Yes, I do track my beer on an Excel spreadsheet. I'm a beer nerd like that I'm what people call a ticker, but hey, it's fun So this was my 1,000th beer a iteration of it. What they do is every other month they put out a somehow changed version a different iteration and then in the months in between they put out like a base version apparently so Not quite sure what this one's going to taste like if it'll even taste remotely like the one I had before but interested to find out and the alcohol by volume is 8.1 percent as you can see it's sticky hands By block 15 pretty cool. There's the hands with hops all that the name sticky hands would say to me It's gonna be really like real chewy sticky Resonance, you know that kind of stuff which all things I like. Oh my gosh Yeah, as soon as I pop that off. I'm just smelling awesome citrusy dank hop aroma. So This is already Seeming like it's gonna be a winner in my opinion all right So go ahead very big head to it very orange, but very cloudy Doesn't look like I can't see through it. I don't think it's a chill haze either Big big head to it so dank with the hops like extreme Citrusy dank hopness There's a little mango-ish Note in there tons of like juicy orange type scent. I Am not smelling much of any Bitterness to it. I mean it's there, but it's just like so slight It smells so Citrusy juicy This is kind of what I was hoping for through this beer And I'm hoping it tastes exactly the way it smells, but then we all know how that goes with a lot of beers That's not what you get, but we'll see Very vibrant. Oh my gosh, it is so it is like sticky in your mouth That's thick you almost have to chew it so resonance. I'm getting those dank hops that I was talking about. It's so like Orangey, I'm getting a lot more bitterness in the mouth than the nose would make you think you're gonna get but it's good It's so well put in check Mmm It's just so juicy and chewy and resinous and beautiful It's it's a vibrant imperial IPA in my opinion. I really Really enjoy this beer. I'm sorry because I feel like I'm teasing people in a way because it's a hard one to get But if you guys can find a way to sticky hands by block 15 brewing. Oh my god What a beer this is mmm I just can't stop sipping it I get a little bit of that if anyone's listening to the brutal battle podcast Which please do on itunes and stitcher and through my website about brutal battle calm I talk about getting like a little bit of like a smarties like the sugar candy smarties Characteristic out of some hoppy beers. I'm getting a little bit of that out of this and I kind of got that a little bit on the nose as well So Interesting extra information. Let me see if they have any sort of tasting notes on it Aromatic blast of luscious tropical fruits citrus and dank herb. I guess when I said the mango and did say dank so alright Bitter finish gently propped up by pale malted barley and our privately banked brewers yeast And then there's a little bit of extra information. They use smart energy there Which if anybody knows much about Oregon that's very plugged into the conservation ordeal and being very green and you know Very nature-friendly, so they're definitely doing that and they're advertising that they do that They also have something on here that says Proud to reduce our water footprint, which I know on the West Coast has been a big deal You know with Bear Republic. They were told that they have to cut down on their water use for beer A lot of breweries have that kind of restriction over on the West Coast, especially in California from what I know So anyway, thank you everyone for checking out this episode if you have any way to try and get this beer Highly recommend it for anyone who's a hot pad. You like Imperial IPA's killer killer Imperial IPA right here I'm very excited to share this bottle beer with my wife and polish it off tonight, but it'll be sad when it's gone Thank you everyone for watching and see you next time